What would be the likely effects of export restraints

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Question: 1. Why did the u.s. government in 1982 provide import quotas as an aid to domestic sugar producers?

2. Which tends to result in a greater welfare loss for the home economy:

(a) an import quota levied by the home government or

(b) a voluntary export quota imposed by the foreign government?

3. What would be the likely effects of export restraints imposed by Japan on its auto shipments to the United States?

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