Try out this FCE exercise based on the current trade war in the news and see how much you know.
Answers at the bottom
Trade Troubles
In 2025, the U.S. and China found themselves in another major trade dispute. President Trump introduced (1) ______ on hundreds of products imported from China. The idea was to make Chinese goods more expensive and (2) ______ Americans to buy local products.
China didn’t wait long to respond. They added (3) ______ tariffs to goods coming from the U.S., including soybeans and cars. This kind of back-and-forth is often called a (4) ______ war.
Many companies were affected. Their (5) ______ chains were disrupted, and some had to move production to other countries. Economists feared that this could lead to a global (6) ______.
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A) customs B) tariffs C) taxes D) licenses
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A) invite B) expect C) force D) encourage
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A) repeated B) retaliatory C) replacing D) regular
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A) business B) supply C) trade D) company
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A) product B) shopping C) demand D) supply
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A) boom B) inflation C) recession D) strike
Part 1 – Multiple Choice Cloze:
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B) tariffs
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D) encourage
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B) retaliatory
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C) trade
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D) supply
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C) recession
