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Administrative Barriers
Bureaucratic rules and regulations imposed by governments to restrict imports and protect domestic industries.
Free Trade
An absence of government intervention in international trade, resulting in no imposing restrictions of any kind on imports and exports.
Producer surplus
The difference between the price sellers receive and the lowest price that they are willing and able to accept.
Quota
Limit to the quantity of a certain good that can be imported over a particular period of time
Subsidy
Monetary help (direct or indirect payment) offered by the government to firms (sometimes households) to aid in lowering costs of production.
Tariffs
Also known as 'customs duties', they are taxes imposed on imported goods.
Trade Protection
When the government intervenes in international trade by imposing restrictions to reduce free imports.
Welfare loss
The reduction in social surplus that occurs when marginal social benefits (MSB) are not equal to marginal social costs (MSC), typically as a result of market failure.