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Trade adjustment assistanceA program of adjustment assistance for workers and firms in industries that have suffered from competition with imports. In the U.S., TAA began with the Trade Act of 1974, and has been renewed and expanded since then, including as part of the NAFTA.Similar MatchesAdjustment assistanceAdjustment assistanceGovernment program to assist those workers and/or firms whose industry has declined, either due to competition from imports (trade adjustment assistance) or from other causes. Such programs usually have two (conflicting) goals: to lessen hardship for those affected and to help them change their behavior -- what, how, or where they produce. Balance of payments adjustment mechanismBalance of payments adjustment mechanismAny process, especially any automatic one, by which a country with a payments imbalance moves toward balance of payments equilibrium. Under the gold standard, this was the specie flow mechanism. Border tax adjustmentBorder tax adjustmentRebate of indirect taxes (taxes on other than direct income, such as a sales tax or VAT) on exported goods and levying of them on imported goods. May distort trade when tax rates differ or when adjustment does not match the tax paid. Structural adjustment programStructural adjustment programThe list of budgetary and policy changes required by the IMF and World Bank in order for a developing country to qualify for a loan. This "conditionality" typically includes reducing barriers to trade and capital flows, tax increases, and cuts in government spending. Adjustment mechanismAdjustment mechanismThe theoretical process by which a market changes in disequilibrium moving toward equilibrium if the process is stable. See Walrasian and Marshallian adjustment. Further Suggestionshigher rate adjustmentMarshallian adjustment Walrasian adjustment Adjustment bond Adjustment date International adjustment process Cumulative Translation Adjustment (CTA) account Structural adjustment |
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