Suppose that there are two factors, capital and land, and that the United States is relatively land endowed while the European Union is relatively capital-endowed. According to the Heckscher-Ohlin model
A) European capitalists should support U.S.-European free trade.
B) European landowners should support U.S.-European free trade.
C) all capitalists in both countries should support free trade.
D) all landowners should support free trade.
E) the U.S. should compensate European countries once trade commences.
A
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A. This is a sound economic statement since U.S. firms will have to increase output to make up for the lack of imports leading to increase employment in the U.S. B. This is not a sound economic statement since employment in the U.S. does not depend on imports and exports. C. This is not a sound economic statement since import restrictions lead to a reduction in employment in the export industries of the U.S. D. This is a sound economic statement since the U.S. will still export protecting U.S. jobs.
What have been the principal effects of the persistent trade deficits?
What will be an ideal response?