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Free Trade and Protectionism:

Decide for each of the following practices whether it is:


tariff, subsidy, quota, administrative regulation
And then give one advantage and one disadvantage you can think of concerning each practice.
Practice Type Advantage / disadvantage
The maximum size of a QUOTA +More people can be employed in the agriculture sector.
“family farm” is limited to +Advance proper use of land, and more variety, good
300 ha. for “green issues.”
- Small farms may not be enough to survive.
- Disadvantage at competition with larger farmers
elsewhere, technological issues

Used cars brought into TARIFF +Income to the treasury


Hungary must pay a +Limit the number of old/bad cars in the country
“registration tax” of +Motivate buyers to support domestic traders
around HUF 300,000. - Increases the price of used cars
- More maintenance money paid for used cars
- Skews (deforms) competition
For each liter of milk SUBSID +Keeps the customer price lower
produced, the government Y +Motivates to produce more
pays HUF 10 to the +Better quality
producer. +Supports “strategic industry” of agriculture
- Unfair advantage to domestic producers against
producers in other countries.
A Hungarian working in ADMINI +Promotes safe and legal work environments
Slovakia must obtain four STRATI +Regulate work with foreigners
different documents to VE - Makes it harder to work in another country
prove his eligibility for REGUL
health insurance. ATION

Free Trade and Protectionism:


Decide for each of the following practices whether it is:
tariff, subsidy, quota, administrative regulation
And then give one advantage and one disadvantage you can think of concerning each practice.
Practice Type Advantage / disadvantage
The maximum size of a
“family farm” is limited to
300 ha.

Used cars brought into


Hungary must pay a
“registration tax” of
around HUF 300,000.

For each liter of milk


produced, the government
pays HUF 10 to the
producer.

A Hungarian working in
Slovakia must obtain four
different documents to
prove his eligibility for
health insurance.

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