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Customs Duties
For many travellers their most memorable experience of Customs is - paying
duty or taxes on goods that they are trying to import into the country.
It is the Government that decides what taxes and import duties will be; it
is Customs' responsibility to enforce the Government's regulations.
- What is...?
What are customs duties and tariffs?
What is Protectionism?
What are some of the
BBC Trade argument for and against protectionism
Governments setting customs duties and tariffs?
What are some of the arguments
against?
What is Free Trade?
- How can Protectionism influence people's access to resources, goods and
services?
- How can Free Trade influence people's access to resources, goods and
services?
- Some Six Hat Thinking
Organise the class into small groups of 4-6 students.
Each group discusses the two questions using the
Six Thinking Hats
approach and prepares a
Thesis-Proof Chart
to summarise their findings.
This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
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