IMF and WTO Overview

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What was the main purpose of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) established in 1947?

  • To provide loans to countries facing credit crises
  • To establish food safety standards worldwide
  • To reduce tariffs and other impediments to free trade (correct)
  • To negotiate intellectual property rights agreements

Which economist's belief served as the foundation for what would be known as a system of global Keynesianism?

  • John Maynard Keynes (correct)
  • Milton Friedman
  • Karl Marx
  • Adam Smith

What is the effect of Expansionary Fiscal Policy?

  • Decrease tax, increase spending
  • Increase tax, increase spending (correct)
  • Decrease tax, decrease spending
  • Increase tax, decrease spending

What was the role of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, or World Bank) after World War II?

<p>Funding postwar reconstruction projects (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which international organization was designed primarily for the Marshall Plan post-World War II?

<p>International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the main purpose behind establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995?

<p>Negotiating a broad range of international issues including trade barriers and intellectual property rights (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which form of connectivity is most affected when a country's homeland experiences a financial crisis?

<p>Economic connectivity (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is not one of the original five member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)?

<p>Vietnam (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) among member-states of regional blocks?

<p>To remove trade barriers such as tariffs and import quotas (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which global economic organization emerged out of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1995?

<p>The World Trade Organization (WTO) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which wave of economic globalization is associated with the Silk Road?

<p>Early Wave (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is not a characteristic of economic globalization as described in the passage?

<p>Decreasing influence of global economic organizations (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the key reason for the abandonment of the gold-exchange standard by the United States in 1971?

<p>Depletion of US gold reserves due to foreign countries converting their US dollars into gold (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes the economic strategy of import substitution?

<p>Building domestic industries to replace imported products and achieve industrialization (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is not considered one of the 'Four Asian Tigers'?

<p>Malaysia (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of the conditions attached to loans extended by the IMF to poor countries?

<p>To encourage the adoption of market-oriented economic models and open up their economies to foreign competition (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a key characteristic of 'crony capitalism'?

<p>Success in business dependent on close relationships between business people and government officials (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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