Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 6.3

6.3 — practice question

A company from Japan sets up a factory in the UK so that it can provide goods for both the UK market and markets elsewhere in Europe. What is likely to be the long-run effect on the UK’s balance of trade in goods and its current account balance?

  • Abalance of trade in goods: improve / current account balance: improve
  • Bbalance of trade in goods: improve / current account balance: uncertain
  • Cbalance of trade in goods: worsen / current account balance: improve
  • Dbalance of trade in goods: worsen / current account balance: uncertain

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