Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · International trade and free trade

International trade and free trade — practice question

The African Union brings together 55 developing countries. They decide to use a free-trade model in order to increase trade among member countries. In theory what do free-trade models tend to ignore?

  • Aabsolute advantage in terms of lower factor inputs in production
  • Ballocation of resources where comparative cost advantage is greatest
  • Cthe international division of labour and differences in opportunity cost ratios
  • Dtransport costs and inefficiencies in the handling of goods and services

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