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Info Usa: Foreign Trade and Global Economic Policies HandoutInfo Usa: Foreign Trade and Global Economic Policies Handout
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Info Usa: Foreign Trade and Global Economic Policies

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U.S. foreign trade and global economic policies have changed direction dramatically during the more than two centuries that the United States has been a country. In the early days of the nation's history, government and business mostly concentrated on developing the domestic economy irrespective of what went on abroad. But since the Great Depression of the 1930s and World War II, the country generally has sought to reduce trade barriers and coordinate the world economic system

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fiscal policy, international trade

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executive branch and fiscal policy, executive branch and international trade, legislative branch and fiscal policy, legislative branch and international trade, infousa: foreign trade and global economic policies, economic policy
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Handouts & References
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For Administrator Use
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Lexile Measures
1470L

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