What Did China Recently Change Its Export Quota Policy on

question 58

Multiple Choice

What did China recently change its export quota policy on
Exports of rare earth minerals?

• A)A WTO dispute settlement panel ruled that China's export quotas violated the GATT.
• B)It found that export tariffs were more successful than export quotas in maintaining high world prices.
• C)Processing of rare earth minerals leads to low grade radioactive waste by­products.
• D)It found that these export quotas were not having the desired effect of maintaining high world prices.

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Definitions:

Synapomorphy

A characteristic or trait that is shared by two or more taxonomic groups and is derived from their most recent common ancestor, indicating a phylogenetic relationship.

Molecular Phylogeny

The analysis of the molecular structure of DNA, RNA, or protein sequences to determine genetic relationships and evolutionary histories among different species.

Amino Acids

Organic compounds serving as the building blocks of proteins, crucial for life and involved in various metabolic processes.

Orthologs

Genes in different species that evolved from a common ancestral gene by speciation and retain the same function in the course of evolution.