Answer True or False

1 Population changes are important in understanding and predicting changes in export production and import market locations.

2 Labor and capital mobility are intertwined becauseimmigrants bring an investment in human capital with them.

3 The international mobility of labor includes workers, students, tourists, and retirees who travel to another country.

4 A strategic trade policy is one that develops industries to lessen dependence on foreign military goods.

5 Brain drain is a term that describes a country's loss of educated, productive people

6 Many products' location of production will shift internationally as the products go through their life cycle

7 Countries with large land areas are generally more dependent on trade than countries with small land areas.

8 According to the product life cycle (PLC) theory of trade, most new products are produced in countries that have a highly skilled and educated labor force.

9 The growth of small-scale production technology will most likely enable small countries to produce products efficiently for their own consumption.

10 Most world trade takes place between raw material exporters and manufacturing exporters.

11 Companies and individuals transfer capital internationally primarily because of expectations of earning higher returns.

12 The combination of free trade and free movement of production factors offers maximum production efficiency.