May anybody help me with this four part question! thanks appreciate it! 1. US ma
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Question
May anybody help me with this four part question! thanks appreciate it!
1. US manufacturers have charged a number of Asian firms with dumping computer add-on equipment in the US market. Upon further investigation, it is established that the equipment is indeed being sold in the US market at a price lower than that charged in the foreign manufacturers' own market.
a) Is this dumping necessarily intended to inflict harm on the US?
b) Does this dumping necessarily harm the United States?
2. US manufacturers of computer hardware have charged a number of Asian firms with dumping computer add-on equipment in the US market. The US manufacturers present convincing evidence that the price of Asian equipment is lower than the price of equivalent US produced equipment. Would you construe this as dumping?
3. Explain why the textile and auto industries in the US have a history of high protection?
4. Why have nontariff barriers increased in importance relative to tariffs since WWII?
Explanation / Answer
1.a.
it is not directly intended at inflicting harm on the US. it is just trying to develop a market for its product in the foreign market.
yes, this dumping harms the us market. because its domestic product is being replaced a foreign asian market.
2. no this cannot construe as dumping as asian market is not selling at a lower price than in their own countries.