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WGU D080 Managing in a Global Business Environment 2023 Questions and Answers (Verified Answers) 1.A company is considering establishing a subsidiary in a new host country and wishes to prepare its expatriates to adapt to the local environment. How should this company prepare its expatriates?Negotiation Operational training Repatriation
Cultural Training: Cultural training
2.What happens to consumer surplus when tariffs and quotas are discon-
tinued?: They increase
3.Which type of tariff is put in place to specifically ensure that
domestic industries are given an advantage?: Protective
4.What is a benefit of implementing a system of free trade?: Reduced
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5.How are free trade agreements handled differently than treaties in the
United States?: Treaties must be approved by the Senate, whereas a
free trade agreement must pass both houses of Congress.
6.Treaties must be approved by the Senate, whereas a free trade
agreement must pass both houses of Congress.: Tariffs
7.An airplane manufacturer outsources the manufacture of some its parts and sub-assemblies. They are then returned to the manufacturer's main
plant for final assembly.: Value chain
8.Country A exports more goods to Country B than it imports from Country
- Country A receives more monetary gain by using this practice.
Which relationship does Country A have with Country B?: Trade
surplus 9.Country A has been criticized by other countries for giving generous tax credits to its corn farmers, which in turn, enables the country's farmers to sell corn on the international markets cheaper than all other countries.Which term is used by other countries to describe this practice?: 2 / 4
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Government subsidies 10.A farmer knows that it takes 100 hours of labor to produce 100 bushels of corn. It only takes 50 hours of labor to produce 100 bushels of soy.Currently, a bushel of corn is selling at three times a bushel of soy.
Which type of cost should the farmer use to determine what to plant?:
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11.A country produces goods more efficiently than all other countries in the same industry.
Which type of advantage does this country have?: Absolute
12.Country A exports farming equipment to Country B, while Country B exports car manufacturing equipment to Country A. Both countries are highly developed and could develop these industries separately but instead made the decision to export and import these products from each other. Which unique condition caused this practice between the two
countries?: - Skill specialization
13.A company produces the same product over and over, and it has caused the manufacturing cost of the product to become cheaper and more compet- itive in international markets than similar products in the industry.
Which approach is this company using to achieve this ability?: Economies
of scale 14.A country with a new economy implemented trade protectionism in rela- tion to countries with more developed economies.
Why did the country take this action?: To restrict international economic
trade 15.How do anti dumping laws protect a domestic market?: They
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