Jim has $16,000 in savings, and he's considering a $15,000 car. he'll likely be driving quite a bit since he has a long commute to his downtown office from his house. in addition, jim wants to keep a large savings safety net in his bank account. what's the best option for jim?

You are an employee of an u.s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u.s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u.s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?