--- title: Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries», a lesson of the money course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Trade is countries buying and selling things to each other, and it is why your banana says "Ecuador", your T-shirt "Bangladesh" and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/) / Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries # Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries Lesson 37 of the money course of Mova's primary school: 17 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/0/) — Trade is countries buying and selling things to each other, and it is why your banana says "Ecuador", your T-shirt "Bangladesh" and your phone "China". - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/1/) — Countries trade because each is good at different things: bananas need about 27°C and Britain's summer days are often around 20°C, so hot countries grow bananas while others make cars or medicines, and they swap. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/2/) — Picture one giant ship carrying about 20,000 containers getting stuck in a canal: it was reported that goods were held up around the world, which shows how connected trade is, and how one blocked route can push prices up. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/3/) — A tariff is a tax on things brought in from abroad: a 10% tariff means £1 on every £10, so a £10 toy costs £11 to bring in; some say tariffs protect jobs at home, others say they just make things dearer for shoppers. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/4/) — Some countries are rich and some poor for many reasons, like history, wars, education, resources and how well things are run; printing more money does not fix it, because the same amount of food with twice the money just means twice the prices. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/5/) — Trade is buying and selling between countries; an import is something bought from abroad, and an export is something sold abroad. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/6/) — To specialise is to focus on what you are best at; hot countries grow bananas, which need about 27°C, while cooler countries make other things. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/8/) — It was reported that the USA put tariffs on goods from other countries; some say tariffs protect jobs at home, others say they make things dearer for shoppers. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/9/) — Some cheap goods are made by workers with low pay and hard conditions; a £3 T-shirt may pay its maker only a few pence, and fair trade labels try to make sure workers get a fair deal. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/10/) — In a rich country, an average person might have about 30 times more money a year than in a very poor country; many poor countries are getting richer over time, but big gaps remain. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/11/) — Most goods travel by ship, and one big ship can carry about 20,000 containers; a supply chain is all the steps that bring goods to you. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/12/) — Some people prefer local produce to support farmers nearby, like British apples at £2 a bag instead of imported ones at £1.50; others say imports are cheaper and help poorer countries; both views have points. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/13/) — Globalisation is countries being connected through trade; one phone can have parts from 10 countries that travel a total of about 100,000 miles. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/14/) — It was reported that when one country stopped selling grain because of a war, bread prices went up; even if wheat gets much dearer, a £1 loaf might only go up to about £1.10, because wheat is only part of a loaf's cost. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/15/) — A shortage is not having enough of something; countries that depend on imports are hit hard when trade is cut off. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/16/) — Printing twice as much money with the same amount of food just makes prices about twice as high; countries get richer by producing more, through education, roads, health and peace. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/17/) — Productivity is how much is made per worker; investment is spending now to get more later. - ← previous: [Taxes and the government's budget](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/) - next →: [Crypto and the stock market, simply](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/38-crypto-and-the-stock-market-simply/) - ↑ back to [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/)