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Argylls ITB 10/11
Argylls ITB 10/11
Question | Answer |
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Business that takes place between states | Interstate commerce |
Business that takes place within states | Intrastate commerce |
Three levels of government | Federal, State, local |
When one company controls an industry, product or service | Monopoly |
These laws are meant to stop monopolies | Anti-trust laws |
A legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties | Contract |
This occurs when one party fails to live up to the terms of a contract | Breach of contract |
This gives artists including musicians the legal right to own their creations | Copyright |
This gives the sole right to own an invention | Patent |
The amount of years a patent lasts | 20 years |
A name, symbol or characteristic that identifies a product | Trademark |
They regulate the manufacturing and selling of drugs in the U.S. | The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) |
Highways, bridges and national defense are examples of this. | Public goods and services |
When a business offers a public good or service | Privatization |
The largest consumer of goods and services in the U.S. | Government |
Monetary grants given to producers or consumers to encourage certain behaviors. | Subsidies |
An amount of money people and business pay the government to run that level of government | Taxes |
A temporary reduction or elimination of a tax | Tax incentive |
Occurs when a small number of companies control an industry | Oligopoly |
Interconnected economies of the nations around the world | Global economy |
Exchange of goods and services between nations | International trade |
Goods and services that one country buys from another country | Imports |
Trade from within a country | Domestic trade |
Goods and services that one country sells to another country | Exports |
The difference in value between a country's imports and exports | Balance of Trade |
When a country exports more than it imports | Trade Surplus |
When a country imports more than it exports | Trade Deficit |
The ability of a country or company to produce a particular good more efficiently than another company | Comparative Advantage |
The price at which one currency can buy another currency | Exchange rate |
Three types of trade barriers | Tariff, quota, embargo |
Countries of NAFTA | US, Canada, Mexico |
NAFTA stands for | North American Free Trade Agreement |
EU stands for | European Union |