Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Protectionism

Protectionism — practice question

A government in a large trading nation applies a tariff to imported goods. What effect is this likely to have on the prices received by the foreign producers of the goods and on the prices paid for the goods by consumers in the home country?

  • Aprices paid to foreign producers decrease, prices paid by domestic consumers decrease
  • Bprices paid to foreign producers decrease, prices paid by domestic consumers increase
  • Cprices paid to foreign producers increase, prices paid by domestic consumers decrease
  • Dprices paid to foreign producers increase, prices paid by domestic consumers increase

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