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A-LevelEconomicsInternational economic issues9708/31 · May/June 2020 · Q191 Mark

The African Union consists of 55 developing countries. They agree to adopt a free-trade model to boost trade between member countries.

  1. (a)In theory what do free-trade models tend to ignore? A absolute advantage in terms of lower factor inputs in production B allocation of resources where comparative cost advantage is greatest C the international division of labour and differences in opportunity cost ratios D transport costs and inefficiencies in the handling of goods and services[1]

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  1. [1] D

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Topic
International economic issues, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Structured question, 1 mark.
Source
A-Level Economics, May/June 2020 Paper 3 Variant 1, question 19.

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