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What are the principal factors that give rise to commercial exchanges?
What are the principal factors that give rise to commercial exchanges?
- Technological advancements, consumer preferences, and market competition
- Diversity in the distribution of natural resources, differences of human needs and wants, and division of labour along with comparative advantage (correct)
- Government regulations, taxation policies, and international agreements
- Globalization, outsourcing, and industrialization
What does trade encompass?
What does trade encompass?
- Only domestic trade involving retail and wholesale transactions
- Exclusively foreign trade involving import and export transactions
- Domestic trade, including retail and wholesale as well as local, regional and inter-regional transactions and foreign trade, encompassing import, export and entrepôt/re-export trades (correct)
- Trade in goods but not services
What do aids to trade or auxiliary commercial activities include?
What do aids to trade or auxiliary commercial activities include?
- Environmental protection laws and sustainability initiatives
- Government subsidies, import tariffs, and export quotas
- Labor unions, employee benefits, and workplace safety regulations
- Commercial intermediaries, banking and financial services, transportation, packaging, warehousing, communication, advertising and insurance (correct)
What is the main purpose of commerce?
What is the main purpose of commerce?
What is included in the category of trade?
What is included in the category of trade?