You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Farmers within a country are often protected by tariffs - that is, special taxes on imported food. Such policies are necessary, and should be implemented wherever possible. To what extent do you agree with this? Give reasons for your answer, and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should write at least 250 words.

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Some countries and their governments find it necessary to implement economic policies that would prevent from stacking import of low-cost agricultural products on shelves of supermarkets or
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stores. They often put in place an extra tax on imported
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to make its price higher. The question is why do the governments try to enforce taxes on imported
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? Does
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economic
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benefit and protect
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? Certainly, the higher tax on imported
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products by the governments benefit
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. It provides a steady source of revenue that can pay
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their subsidies. Obviously, producing
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isn’t cheap and requires a lot of manual and mechanical labour in order to grow and harvest it.
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, many large fruit producers in Florida rely on manual workers to pick up oranges in the peak season, so any labour cost or equipment used needs to be calculated into the price of
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.
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, these expenses make locally grown
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sometimes more expensive.
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,
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coast is often absorbed by the government that pay
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the subsidies to sell agricultural products at a lower price than their cost of production.
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, the taxation of imported
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can provide needed revenue to provide financial assistance to
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. Most importantly, the
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of taxation is necessary to protect
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from losing their livelihoods. The
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prevents the competition from entering the market, so there is no external force to push
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to lower their prices below the cost of their production.
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, many
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in Latin America firsthand had experienced in the early 90s the consequences of the free trade agreement known as NAFTA.
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agreement had permitted the influx of cheap
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imports to their countries.
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, many
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from South America lost their farms and were pushed into poverty because they couldn’t keep up and compete with extremely low prices of imported goods. I truly believe
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is necessary. Simply, the high tax on imports helps to protect
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from living in poverty and the government can generate enough revenue to provide them with financial assistance to make their hard work profitable.
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Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

  • In conclusion
  • To conclude
  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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