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Briefly evaluate the effectiveness of artificial trade barriers, such as tariffs and import quotas, as a way to achieve and maintain full employment throughout the U.S. economy. How might such policies reduce unemployment in one U.S. industry but increase it in another U.S. industry?

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Answer: Reduction of imports will move spending on another national output to spending on domestic output

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Artificial tree barrier such as tariff and import quotas reduce unemployment in one US industry and has another industry increase it's productivity due to this effect. Reduction of imports will move spending on another national output to spending on domestic output, this would cause the domestic output and employment to rise