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Cambridge IGCSE Economics

6.2.4-6.2.6Trade restrictions

Trade restrictions in Cambridge IGCSE Economics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 6.2.4Describe tariffs, import quotas, subsidies and embargoes.
  2. 6.2.5Explain the reasons for trade restrictions.
  3. 6.2.6Explain the consequences of trade restrictions for the home country and its partners, and the advantages and disadvantages of restricting trade.

Lessons

  • Protectionism: methods, reasons and consequences

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Trade restrictions: sample question

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Which method of protection raises revenue for the government?

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