Complaints are often made to the International Trade Commission concerning foreign "dumping" practices. These complaints typically claim that
A) U.S. firms are harmed by the unfair pricing of foreign exporters.
B) foreign companies are charging exorbitant prices that are higher than the true value of the products.
C) foreign companies are charging prices that are lower than prices they charge countries other than the U.S.
D) U.S. consumers are harmed by the lack of quality control or health concerns in foreign countries.
E) U.S. consumers cannot differentiate between the foreign and domestic goods.
A
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The authors claim that monopolists will tend to practice stronger conservation of depletable resources than would occur under a perfectly competitive market structure. Why is this true?
A) Monopolists are typically taxed at higher rates than competitive firms, so they will tend to reduce output and revenues in order to minimize their tax expenditures. B) The profit-maximizing decisions of a monopolist tend to generate lower output levels than under perfect competition, so the resource is depleted at a slower rate by the monopolist. C) Common property resource problems do not arise when there is only one seller. D) The lower depletion rate used by monopolists serves as a barrier to entry.
Direct transfer programs
a. are generally less efficient and less politically acceptable than subsidy programs b. are generally more efficient and more politically acceptable than subsidy programs c. are generally less efficient but more politically acceptable than subsidy programs d. are generally more efficient but less politically acceptable than subsidy programs e. will generally result in increased production by the group being subsidized