United States Combating Use of Standards as Trade Barriersby Benjamin H. Wu, accessed from usinfo. state. gov/xarchivesSince standards and technical regulations affect over 80 percent of global commodity trade, domestic source restrictions by foreign governments, in the form of standards as trade barriers, are a concern and have prompted the Department of Commerce to take recent action.

The U. S. Department of Commerce, along with the Department of State and Office of the U. S. Trade Representative, have been working hard to ensure that U. S. software companies continue to have access to Chinese government customers. We will continue to work vigorously to achieve this goal.

(a) In promoting free trade, the author seems to be supporting .

How supply and demand work together to reach the equilibrium price in the marketplace? give at least a paragraph. you!

Vintage fun reproduces oldminusfashioned style roller skates and skateboards. the annual production and sales of roller skates is 950 units, while 1,750 skateboards are produced and sold. the company has traditionally used direct labor hours to allocate its overhead to products. roller skates require 2.5 direct labor hours per unit, while skateboards require 1.25 direct labor hours per unit. the total estimated overhead for the period is $114,300. the company is looking at the possibility of changing to an activityminusbased costing system for its products. if the company used an activityminusbased costing system, it would have the following three activity cost pools: the overhead cost per skateboard using the traditional costing system would be closest to: a. $9.31. b. $65.31. c. $25.05. your answer is not correct.d.

Retirement investment advisors, inc., has just offered you an annual interest rate of 4.4 percent until you retire in 40 years. you believe that interest rates will increase over the next year and you would be offered 5 percent per year one year from today. if you plan to deposit $13,000 into the account either this year or next year, how much more will you have when you retire if you wait one year to make your deposit?