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4.2 Types of trade protection

Syllabus
First assessment 2022
Topic
4.2
Level
HL

Objective notes

5 learning objectives
4.2.1Tariffs

• Tariffs affect markets and stakeholders through price, production, consumption, expenditure, revenue, and welfare effects

• Diagram: tariff effects on price, production, consumption, expenditure, revenue, and welfare

4.2.2Quotas

• Quotas restrict import quantity and affect price, production, consumption, expenditure, revenue, and welfare

• Diagram: quota effects on price, production, consumption, expenditure, revenue, and welfare

4.2.3Subsidies and export subsidies

• Subsidies affect domestic producers, consumers, governments, foreign producers, and welfare

• Diagram: subsidy effects on price, production, consumption, expenditure, revenue, and welfare

4.2.4Administrative barriers

• Administrative barriers include standards and regulations

• They can restrict trade without using tariffs or quotas directly

4.2.5(HL)—Trade protection calculations

• Calculate stakeholder effects of tariffs from a diagram

• Calculate stakeholder effects of quotas from a diagram

• Calculate stakeholder effects of subsidies from a diagram

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