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Unit 2 International Trade 国际贸易 Comprehension questions: 1. What is international trade? 2. How were international trade traditionally regulated and how is it now regulated? 3. What is agricultural interests’ attitude toward free trade? 4. When is there often strong domestic pressure to increase tariffs? Part A Exercises 1）Directions: Listen to the first news item carefully and decide whether the following statements are “T” (true) or “F” (false). (1) ( ) China has been undergoing increasing anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, protection measures and special safeguard investigations since its accession to WTO. (2) ( ) China has suffered the most in anti-dumping investigation in the for nine years running. (3) ( ) 56 anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, protection measures and special safeguard investigations were launched by 12 countries and regions against China in the first of this year. (4) ( ) The amount of money involved in the anti-dumping investigations against China reached US$1.1 billion, 5 per cent more than that of last year. (5) ( ) From 1979 to end-September 2004, 34 countries and regions launched 594 anti-dumping disputes, 2 anti-subsidy disputes, 58 protection measure disputes and 11 special safeguard disputes against more than 4000 Chinese commodities. 2 ）Directions: Listen to the second news item carefully and complete the following passage by filling the missing information. A second _________ of negotiations between China and the United States aimed at ____________ a dispute over textile trade broke down Thursday, said a statement from the U.S. Embassy.