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6.2 - Globalisation, Free Trade & Protection Flashcards

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Globalisation

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The economic integration of different countries through increasing freedoms in the cross-border movement of people, goods/services, technology & finance

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What has globalisation lead to/impacted?

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  • impacted national cultures
  • spread ideas
  • speeded up industrialisation in developing nations
  • led to de-industrialisation in developed nations
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De-industrialisation

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The process by which manifacturing declines in a society/region as a proportion of total economic activity. Usually accompanied by a rise in the proportion of those working in the tertiary sector.

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Four main characteristics of globalisation

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  1. Increasing foreign ownership of companies
  2. Increasing movement of labour and technology across borders
  3. Free trade in goods/services
  4. Easy flow of capital (finance) across borders
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Multinational corporation

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A business that has production facilities in two or more countries e.g. Apple

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Advantages of MNCs (name 4)

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  • Economies of scale
  • Increased profit
  • Create employment
  • New markets
  • Reduced transportation costs
  • Good risk management
  • Tax incentives
  • Avoidance of protectionism
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Economies of scale (advantage of MNCs)

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Global operation -› increase their output -› benefit in lowered costs from economies of scale

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Create employment (advantage of MNCs)

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New jobs in host country -› rease income for workers -› improve standard of living of locals

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Increased profit (advantage of MNCs)

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Much of profit is sent back to home country -› benefitting society (though debatable whether they have offshore bank accounts and do not send money back)

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New markets (advantage of MNCs)

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Identify potentional markets -› begin to sell there -› increase product diversity

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Reduced transportation costs (advantage of MNCs)

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MNCs set up facilities close to their customers -› lowers transportation cost which would occur as customers travel to the company

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Risk management (advantage of MNCs)

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Selling in many national markets globally -› reduced risk of failure

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Tax incentives (advantage of MNCs)

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MNCs able to increase profits by setting up in countries with low corporation tax

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Avoidance of protectionism (advantage of MNCs)

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MNCs established bases in countries that are operating protectionsim measures -› thus avoid measures (such as import tariffs)

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Disadvantages of MNCs

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  • Worker exploitation
  • Resource plundering
  • Political power
  • Reduce competition
  • Lack of local knowledge/culture
  • Over-reliance on MNCs for jobs
  • Diseconomies of scale
  • Exchaneg rate fluctuations
  • Negative externalities
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Worker exploitation (disadvantage of MNCs)

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Many provide poor working conditions and pay very low wages -› sweathsops, depreciating standard of living

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Resource plundering (disadvantage of MNCs)

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Many extract large quantities of host nation natural resources and provide very little compensation

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Political power (disadvantage of MNCs)

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Many enjoy revenue that is higher than the GDP of the host country -› gives immense political power which can be used to their benefit

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Reduce competition (disadvantage of MNCs)

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So large that they out-compete domestic firms in host country -› puts many firms out of business -› reduces competition -› increase unemployment

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Lack of local knowledge/culture (disadvantage of MNCs)

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May result in problematic local relationships or flawed advertising campaigns/product offerings

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Over-relaince on MNCs for jobs (disadvantage of MNCs)

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Developing nations place too many workers into MNCs -› if they leave it creates significant unemployment

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Diseconomies of scale (disadvantage of MNCs)

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Challenges of operating a business over different time zones and cultures can create diseconomies

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Exchangerate fluctuations (disadvantage of MNCs)

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Unexpected exchange rate fluctuations can have severe impacts on cost and profits for they operate transnationally

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Ngegative externalities (disadvantages of MNCs)

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MNCs may disregard local environment for it is not theirs -› pollution and distruction of wildlife

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International trade
The exchange of goods & services between countries
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Free international trade
When there is no government intervention (quotas, taces, tarriffs etc.) to reduce or limit trade
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Benefits of free trade (name and explain 4)
* **Greater choice:** standard of living improves * **Lower prices:** international competition lowers prices giving way to higher spending * **International cooperation:** trade helps countries build better relationships -› lower levels of hostility * **Flow of new ideas:** innovative ideas/technology can be shared internationally * **Access to resources:** increase access to raw materials through imports -› increase in output and decrease in costs * **Increased efficiency:** inernational competition -› most efficent firm emerges -› improves use of global resources * **Economic growth:** exports are key component of GDP -› increase can lead to econ. growth * **Economic development:** increased output -› lower levels of unemployment -› higher incomes and standard of living
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Protectionism
Government policies that restrict international trade in order to protect domestic industries
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Reasons for protectionism (name and explain 3)
* to protect **infant industries** that would be unlikely to succeed at start-up due to global competition * to support **sunset industries** (declining industries) and help limit the economic damage which would occur if they closed * to maintain **strategic industries** (energy, defence, agriculture etc.) where being reliant on exports would create vulnerabilities * to escape **dumping**: MNCs sell products at an unfairly low price in foreign markets * to **protect employment** from being over-reliant on MNCs * to **correct a current account deficit**, an impalance where imports ‹ exports
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Methods of protectionism (5)
* tariffs * subsidies * quotas * embargoes * administrative barriers
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Tariff (meaning)
A tariff is a tax on imported goods/services (customs duty) * usually reduces the global demand for that product
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Tariff affect on domestic producers targeted by the government action
* Before: less competitive and produce less * After: increase their outpur * May need workers to produce more -› unemployment falls
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Tariff affect on domestic producers who are connected to the targeted industry
* Bafore: able to purchase raw materials at cheaper proce * After: cost of production increases resulting in a fall in output * May need less workers -› unemployment in related industries may rise
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Tariff affect on foreign producers
* Descrease demand for their products -› output falls * Less supply from efficient foreign producers -› global allocation of resources is more inefficient
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Tariff affect on domestic consumers
* Before: consumed more products at lower prices * After: consumed less products at higher prices * Standard of living worsened as the value of their income is eroded with higher prices
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Tariff affect on the government
* After: government recieves tax revenue from each unit imported
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Quota (meaning)
A government-imposed trade restriction limiting the number or value of goods a nation imports or exports
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Quota affect on domestic producers
* increases their output * raises the selling price * increases their revenue
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Quota affect on foreign producers
* decrease their ouput * those firms who manage to export in quota recieve a higher pice for their sales
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Quota affect on consumers
* higher prices and less choice
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Quota affect on the government
* they do not recieve any tariff revenue * may receive higher tax revenue at the end of the financial year when domestic firms pay corporation tax
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Quota affect on standard of living
* reduced for consumer: higher prices erode purchasing power of income
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Quota affect on equality between firms
* domestic firms can compete more equally
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Subsidy (meaning)
An amount of money paid to a firm by the government per unit of output, as a form of support * lowers the cost of production
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Subsidy affect on domestic producers
* decreases cost of production * increases output * increases inernational competitiveness
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Subsidy affect on foreign producers
* makes it harder for them to compete with domestic firms
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Subsidy affect on consumers
* lowers prices - greater purchasing power
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Subsidy affect on the government
* costs the government the amount of the subsidy * there is an oppirtunity cost associated with every subsidy provided
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Embargo (meaning)
An embargo is a complete ban on trade with a certain country usually as the result of political fall out
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Embargo affect on domestic producers
* increases output due to less competition
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Embargo affect on foreign producers
* unable to legally trade with the country * lose sales and profit * may go out of business or have to reduce workers
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Embargo affect on consumers
* prices will rise * in some cases the product may no longer be available at all
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Embargo affect on the government
* has to spend money enforcing the embargo
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Administrative barriers (meaning)
Strategies used to create barriers to trade using less obvious methods
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Examples of administrative barriers (4)
* health and safety reguations - restrict imports of certain products * product specification - size, style etc. * environmental regulations * product labelling - can be expensive for firms to apply and may limit desire to sell into certain markets

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