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    b) a trade war may bring about desired changes - торговая война может
вызвать желаемые изменения.

   Формула:      may + the Infinitive

     - an inefficient car maker may ask for limits …;
     - other countries may retaliate with trade restrictions …;
     - these barriers may protect local producers from foriegn competition …;
     - the government may use the taxpayers' money …;
     - some countries may concentrate on producing … .

    7.1.4 Просмотрите текст и найдите предложения со следующими словами и
словосочетаниями, попытайтесь перевести эти предложения без словаря:

     An inefficient car maker; trade restrictions; foreign goods and services; trade
barriers; to protect local producers; The problem is that.

     Текст
     Like most wars, a trade war may bring about desired economic or political
changes, but in the long run almost everyone suffers, including those whom trade war
was meant to help.
     An inefficient car maker, for example, may ask for limits on foreign imports,
hoping to keep its prices high without improving the quality of its product. In the end,
however, other countries may retaliate with trade restrictions of their own.
Consumers and businesses in both countries are then forced to buy poorly made and
expensive domestic products. Trade restrictions might protect a few jobs in
inefficient industries, but the whole economy often suffers by becoming less
competitive on the international markets.
     The most common tools for limiting imports of foreign goods and services are
quotas, tariffs and subsidies. When a country imposes a quota, it limits the quantity of
certain foreign products that can be imported. A tariff is a tax placed on goods
entering a country, raising the price of imported goods. A government can also use
the taxpayers’ money to provide a subsidy to local producers, making the price of
local goods artificially lower than imported goods.
     Trade barriers, like walls between feuding neighbors, are usually imposed
unilaterally by one country acting on its own to limit the amount of foreign products
available to local consumers. These barriers are often designed to temporarily protect
local producers from foreign competition and allow them time to improve
productivity. The problem is that local producers rarely make the sacrifices to
improve their products or lower their prices as long as they are protected from foreign
competition by trade barriers.



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