Suppose a reduction in trade costs raises Canadian imports of cars from the U.S. as well as exports of agricultural goods to the U.S. Explain how this reduction in trade costs will a¤ect auto industry workers in Canada.
A reduction in trade costs raises Canadian imports of cars from
the U.S. as well as exports of agricultural goods to the U.S. This
means that the more of agricultural goods would be produced and
exported to US. And cars would be imported to Canada. So less of
domestic production of cars would take place than earlier. This
would lead to less of labour requirement in the auto industry in
Canada.
So less would be employed and hence a decrease in the employment
rate would be seen in auto industry in Canada because of less of
demand.
Hence when the trade costs reduce , Canada will import more of cars and hence wages and emploiyment in auto industry in Canada would decline.
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