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A-LevelEconomicsInternational economic issues9708/12 · May/June 2015 · Q201 Mark

How might trade protection reduce a country's ability to compete in export markets?

Aby increasing firms' profit margins on goods supplied to the domestic market
Bby increasing the cost to the country's manufacturers of imported components
Cby increasing the real disposable income of the country's consumers
Dby making the country more attractive to inward investors

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B: by increasing the cost to the country's manufacturers of imported components

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International economic issues, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
Source
A-Level Economics, May/June 2015 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 20.

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