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O-LevelEconomicsInternational trade and globalisation2281/12 · May/June 2016 · Q301 Mark

The US currently trades in oil with the UK. The discovery of new oil and gas deposits in the US will mean that its oil imports decrease and its oil exports increase. From the initial equilibrium point of X, which letter indicates the new equilibrium point for the US exchange rate? [Figure 30.1]

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B: B

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International trade and globalisation, O-Level Economics (syllabus 2281). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Economics, May/June 2016 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 30.

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