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World Trade
vocabulary terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the condition that exists when countries rely on each other for ideas, goods, services, and markets | globalization |
| the exchange of resources, goods, and services across international borders | world trade |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
| people and businesses that use resources to make goods and services | producers |
| people who use goods and services to satisfy their own personal needs | consumers |
| selling resources and/or goods to other countries | export |
| buying resources and/or goods from other countries | import |
| the difference between the value of exports and the value of imports in a country's economy | balance of trade |
| a situation that occurs when the value of a country's exports is higher than the value of its imports | trade surplus |
| a situation that occurs when the value of a country's exports is lower than the value of its imports | trade deficit |
| any regulation or law that slows or prevents trading with another nation | trade barrier |
| a tax added to the price of goods that are imported | tariff |
| a limit on how many items of a particular product that can be imported from a certain nation | quota |
| a special payment made by a government to support a particular group or industry | subsidy |
| the acceptable requirements that products must meet in order to be traded | standard |
| the step taken to cut off trade with a country to show opposition to its government's actions | trade sanction |
| a total ban on trade with a particular country | embargo |
| the removal of trade restrictions so goods flow freely among countries | free trade |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| EU | European Union |
| OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| hiring workers in other countries to do a set of jobs usually for less money | outsourcing |
| The trade agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico | NAFTA |
| how much of something that is available | supply |
| how much of something people want | demand |
| When people really want something, the demand is ________ and the price goes up. | high |
| When people don't want something, the demand is low and the price goes ________. | down |