Consider the impact of restrictions on trade in this situation. country a is a main producer of agricultural goods. in the past three years, farmers in country a have seen their sales drop because consumers have begun to buy cheaper imported produce from country b. not wanting the income of its farmers to drop, the government of country a imposes a tax on all agricultural imports from country b so that those goods are more expensive, and therefore less attractive, to consumers. the farmers in country a see their incomes begin to rise. two months later, country b retaliates by levying a tax on all imports from country a. because the manufacturing firms in country a lose business from the country they export to the most, they are forced to close. what impact did the tariff that country a imposed on country b have?

Instructions: use the following information to construct the 2000 balance sheet and income statement for carolina business machines. round all numbers to the nearest whole dollar. all numbers are in thousands of dollars. be sure to read the whole problem before you jump in and get started. at the end of 1999 the firm had $43,000 in gross fixed assets. in 2000 they purchased an additional $14,000 of fixed asset equipment. accumulated depreciation at the end of 1999 was $21,000. the depreciation expense in 2000 is $4,620. at the end of 2000 the firm had $3,000 in cash and $3,000 in accounts payable. in 2000 the firm extended a total of $9,000 in credit to a number of their customers in the form of accounts receivable. the firm generated $60,000 in sales revenue in 2000. their cost of goods sold was 60 percent of sales. they also incurred salaries and wages expense of $10,000. to date the firm has $1,000 in accrued salaries and wages. they borrowed $10,000 from their local bank to finance the $15,000 in inventory they now have on hand. the firm also has $7,120 invested in marketable securities. the firm currently has $20,000 in long-term debt outstanding and paid $2,000 in interest on their outstanding debt. over the firm's life, shareholders have put up $30,000. eighty percent of the shareholder's funds are in the form of retained earnings. the par value per share of carolina business machines stock is