A-LevelEconomicsInternational economic issues9708/12 · May/June 2020 · Q291 Mark

In 2018 the United States (US) government introduced tariffs on a wide range of imports from China. Which type of policy was the US government adopting?

Aexpenditure-reducing

Bexpenditure-switching

Cmonetary

Dsupply-side

✓ Correct answer

B: expenditure-switching

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Topic: International economic issues, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
Source: A-Level Economics, May/June 2020 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 29.

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