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O-LevelEconomicsInternational trade and globalisation2281/11 · May/June 2023 · Q271 Mark

It is cheaper for developed economies to buy some cereals from developing economies than to produce them domestically. What might reduce international trade in cereals?

ACereals become less popular with the population of developing economies.
BDeveloped economies place an embargo on cereal imports to prevent disease.
CGovernments tax cereal production in developed economies.
DProducers of cereals in developing economies are subsidised.

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B: Developed economies place an embargo on cereal imports to prevent disease.

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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 2023 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 27.

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