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If a Foreign Government Is Subsidizing Its Exports to Your

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If a foreign government is subsidizing its exports to your national market, what is the best policy for your government if it wants to maximize your country's net national welfare?


A) Impose widespread tariffs or quotas on imports from the offending country.
B) Impose a countervailing duty exactly equal to the subsidy to restore the pre-subsidy import price.
C) Retaliate by subsidizing your exports to exactly the same degree.
D) Impose a quota so as to keep the trade volume at the free trade level.
E) Do nothing; let the subsidized foreign exports enter your market unrestricted.

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