Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 6.3

6.3 — practice question

A Japanese car manufacturer establishes a factory in Malaysia to make car parts. What effect is this likely to have on Malaysia’s trade balance and its income balance within the current account of the balance of payments?

  • Atrade balance: improve; income balance: improve
  • Btrade balance: improve; income balance: worsen
  • Ctrade balance: worsen; income balance: improve
  • Dtrade balance: worsen; income balance: worsen

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