List and describe the four trade barriers.

What will be an ideal response?


Quotas: set a limit on the number or volume of a product that can be imported or exported during a set period
Subsidies: include government grants, loans, and tax breaks given to domestic companies
Tariffs: a direct tax on imports to make them more expensive
Learning Objective: 3-1: Contrast the classification of businesses in the global village, define ethnocentrism, and describe issues managers encounter through foreign trade.

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