As Each Bureaucratic Agency Promotes Its Own Interest, the Role

question 28

Multiple Choice

As each bureaucratic agency promotes its own interest, the role of the State Department generally is to promote

• A) economic policies.
• B) war in resolving issues.
• C) diplomatic resolution to conflicts.
• D) international trade policies.

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Definitions:

International Trade

The exchange of goods and services between countries, driven by comparative advantages.

World Trade Organization

An international organization that regulates trade between nations to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably, and freely as possible.

International Trade Agreements

Treaties in which a country promises to engage in less trade protection against the exports of other countries in return for a promise by other countries to do the same for its own exports.

Autarky

An economic condition or system in which a country is self-sufficient and does not engage in international trade.