1)As a consumer, why should you be happy when the United States begins importing a product that you like to buy?
2) As a producer, why should you be happy when the United States begins exporting the product you sell?
1) When the United States begins importing a good its domestic
consumers like, then it leads to increase in consumer satisfaction
and allows the consumers to have lot of options and variety of
product and price range. Imports allow the consumers to choose and
decide different qualities and compare goods in their country with
that of importing country.
2) Whenever United states begins exporting the products of its
domestic production, this leads to rise in domestic production and
increase in profit margins. Since the country is promoting exports
and encouraging them, this will allow the domestic producers to
have access to different market leading to increase in market share
and more consumers and more product reach. Exports make producers
happy as it promotes revenue and profit increase.
1)As a consumer, why should you be happy when the United States begins importing a product...
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