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A tariff is a duty, or tax, on imports. There are two basic types of tariffs. Revenue Tariffs are levied as a way to raise money. Through most of its history (until 1910) the United States looked to the revenue tariff as its principal source of income. Protective Tariffs are levied to protect a domestic industry from foreign competition. The goal is to make the foreign product more expensive than a similar item produced in the US. Then people will stop buying the foreign made item and purchase its domestic counterpart.

Quotas. Restrictions on the numbers of certain specified goods that can enter the country from abroad are called quotas. Like protective tariffs, quotas limit the amount of foreign competition a protected industry will have to face. In the 1980’s, for example, the government protected the US automobile industry by placing a quota on the number of automobiles that could be imported from Japan.

Other Tariffs. There are a number of the devices that directly affect the flow of trade among nations. One of these is the expect subsidy – a payment by a country to its exporters that enables them to sell their products abroad at a lower price than they could sell them for at home. Selling the same product for a lower price abroad than at home is called dumping.

Still another tactic that has been used to restrict foreign trade can be classified as “administrative red tape”. This is the deliberate use of governmental rules and regulations to make it difficult to import goods from abroad.

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І. Лексико-граматичний тест:

1.______the house is old, it is still very warm.

a) although c) despite

b) even d) no matter

2.1 couldn't sleep______very tired.

a) although I was c) despite of being

b) despite I be d) in spite of

3. In spite______the heavy snow, we enjoyed our weekend.

a) — c) from

b) of d) being

4. You should insure your bicycle______stolen.

a) in case it will be c) in case it is

b) if it will be d) if it is

5. She liked teaching in spite of______it was badly paid.

a) it was a fact c) —

b) the fact that d) in fact

6. The club is for members only. You______you're a member.

a) can't go in if c) can't go in unless

b) can go in only d) can go in unless

7. Even______I was really tired, I couldn't sleep.

a) - c) if

b)that d)though

8. I'll give you my phone number______you want to speak

to me.

a) in case , c) for

b) if d) providing

9. Kate has been married a long time. She got married ______she was 22 years old.

a) when c) while

b) as d) providing

10. Despite______she wouldn't take her coat off.

a) it was hot c) being heat

b) that it was hot d) the heat