Declining transportation and communication costs in recent decades have enabled many domestic industries to move manufacturing to other countries where labor is cheaper-a phenomenon called offshoring. The memo observes, for example, that only about a third of the value of a vehicle imported from Mexico to the United States originates in Mexico, while 38% of it is "American value returning home," with the remainder coming from other countries. Which of the following are implications of this trend? Bilateral trade balances are an increasingly misleading way to look at trade relations. Trade tensions will cease to exist. Protectionist measures, such as tariffs, are self-defeating. Trade wars may become less common.

Declining transportation and communication costs in recent decades have enabled many domestic industries to move manufacturing to other countries where labor is cheaper-a phenomenon called offshoring. The memo observes, for example, that only about a third of the value of a vehicle imported from Mexico to the United States originates in Mexico, while 38% of it is "American value returning home," with the remainder coming from other countries. Which of the following are implications of this trend? Bilateral trade balances are an increasingly misleading way to look at trade relations. Trade tensions will cease to exist. Protectionist measures, such as tariffs, are self-defeating. Trade wars may become less common.

Principles of Microeconomics

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Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

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Chapter9: Application: International Trade

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