The USTR has requested your advice on whether the following are legal pursuant to the GATT. Please explain each of your answers. Scenario Reduced rate loans offered by U.S. banks to U.S. businesses willing to relocate their operations to economically depressed inner cities


Legal. This is not a subsidy as the loans were not a financial contribution by a government.

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Division A of Spangler Company expects the following results: To Division B To OutsidersSales (5,000 × $60)$300,000     (25,000 × $72)    $1,800,000 Variable costs at $36 180,000   900,000 Contribution margin$120,000  $900,000 Fixed costs, all common, allocated on the basis of relative units 60,000   300,000 Profit$60,000  $600,000 Division B has the opportunity to buy the 5,000 units it needs from an outside supplier at $45 each.Required (consider each question independently):(a) Division A refuses to meet the $45 price, sales to outsiders cannot be increased, and Division B buys from the outside supplier. Compute the effect on the income of Spangler Company.(b) Division A cannot increase its sales to outsiders, does meet the $45 price, and Division B

continues to buy from Division A. Compute the effect on the income of Spangler Company.   What will be an ideal response?

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