International economics

International economics

International trade theories, policies, finances and their effects on economic activities.

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Chicken war

Economy; International economics

A trade dispute between the U. S. And the EEC that began in 1962 when the EEC extended the variable levy of the CAP to poultry, tripling German tariffs on U. S. Chickens. A GATT panel quantified the ...

Child labour

Economy; International economics

1. Employment of children under a specified minimum age. 2. Work that harmful to a child's physical or mental health, development, or education, and that is therefore targeted for elimination by ...

Child labour Deterrence Act

Economy; International economics

A bill introduced into the US Congress by Tom Harkin, but never passed, that would have prohibited imports of products produced by child labor.

Classification system

Economy; International economics

A system for organizing, recording, and reporting data of a particular kind, such as international trade, industrial output, etc. Typical systems divide data into categories, each assigned numbers. ...

Clear

Economy; International economics

A market is said to clear if supply is equal to demand. Market clearing can be brought about by adjustment of the price (or the exchange rate, in the case of the exchange market), or by some form of ...

Clearing system

Economy; International economics

An arrangement among financial institutions for carrying out the transactions among them, including cancelling out offsetting credits and debits on the same account.