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CIE economics unit:Globalization and Trade

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Embargo   When one country refuses to trade with another country; an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country  
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Quota   A limit on the amount of goods that may be brought imported a country; usually to encourage production within that country  
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Tarrif   A tax placed on an imported good  
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Export   Goods going out of a country  
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Specialization   When a country produces a particular good or service  
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Import   goods coming into a country  
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Import quota   A limit on the amount of a good that can be imported.  
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Protectionism   The use of trade barriers to protect domestic industries from foreign competition.  
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Exchange rate   The value of a nation's currency in relation to your another nation's currency.  
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Trade surplus   the result of a nation exporting more than it imports.  
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Explain three non-tariff ways governments might limit imports   Sometimes governments will require a license to sell goods in that country, use health and safety regulations and requirements, use tariffs, or set import quotas  
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Free trade   Trade without any restrictions (no trade barriers)  
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Protectionism   the theory or practice of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports or limiting international trade  
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Absolute advantage   when a country that can produce more quantity or quality of a certain product than another country with the same resources (more efficient use of resources than another country)  
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Comparative advantage   when a country can produce a produce at a lower opportunity cost than another country (more efficient use of resources within the same country)  
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World Trade Organization   an intergovernmental organization that organizes the rules of international trade; coordinates tariffs and other trade policies of more than 150 member nations and mediates trade disputes between member nations  
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Trade surplus   when a country exports more than it imports  
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Trade deficit   when a country imports more than it exports  
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Why is it NOT always good to have a trade surplus or bad to have a trade deficit?   if a country can buy things for cheaper than it makes them it can use its resources to make (and sell) more profitable things  
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Revenue tariff   a tax on imported goods designed to raise money for the government; can be thought of as a charge for access to a country's citizens/customers  
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Protective tariff   a tax on imported goods designed to "level the playing field" and ensure domestic manufacturers have a chance of competing  
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Strong currency / Strong Dollar   When a nation's currency is worth more of another nation's currency than it used to be worth (or than it is worth on average)  
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Weak currency / Weak Dollar   When a nation's currency is worth less of another nation's currency than it used to be worth (or than it is worth on average)  
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Fixed exchange rate   When a nation's currency is always a certain percentage of another nation's currency (e.g. Saudi Arabia's currency is "pegged" to the US dollar). The currency's become stronger or weaker in parrallel  
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Floating exchange rate   When a nation's currency is valued according to global supply and demand for that currency  
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