Questions from 36 to 40 are based on the following passage: Against this background, the WTO faces several daunting challenges. The first is to continue bringing down tariffs on traded goods. Average penalties have fallen steadily since the GATT’s formation but even the most open economies retain lofty barriers: for instance, America still charges a tariff of 14.6% on import of clothing, five times higher than its average levy. Resistance to tariff cuts is strongest in agriculture. According to Tim Josling, a trade expert at Stanford University, tariffs and other barriers on farm goods average a crippling 40% worldwide and create distortions that “destroy huge amounts of value”. A new set of global farm talks is planned to start in 1999. At the least, you might think, these could lock in impressive reforms in Latin America and encourage further watering-down of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy. But they will prove difficult: squabbles over agriculture almost sank the Uruguay round. Where do impressive reforms lock in according to the passage( )
A: America
B: Asia
C: Latin America
D: Africa
A: America
B: Asia
C: Latin America
D: Africa
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- The author draws the regulated tariff rates to show that the three countries ______. A: levy different levels of tariffs according to different kinds of import products B: only rely on the tariffs as a way of protecting their own trade C: pay all their attention to develop the trade of agricultural products D: mainly have commercial intercourses with each other in the textiles
- A new United Nation’s report is predicting ________. A: economic growth in Latin America this year will be slower than anticipated B: economic growth in Latin America this year will reach four percent C: economic growth in Latin America this year will be faster than anticipated D: direct investment will increase this year
- According to the passage, Trust and Honesty: America’s Business Culture at a Crossroad is _____.
- The bicycles have been shipped to all the following places EXCEPT ______. A: Africa B: B. Latin America C: the Caribbean D: Southern Asia
- Listen to the passage and answer the following 4 questions. People in Latin America wear something ( ) to express their hopes for wealth in the New Year.