The Law of Comparative Advantages Explains Why

question 56

Multiple Choice

The law of comparative advantages explains why

• A)advanced nations will not trade with less-developed countries.
• B)an advanced nation will not trade with other countries.
• C)less-developed countries only trade among themselves.
• D)nations trade with each other, regardless of their relative levels of economic development.
• E)nations erect trade barriers.

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Definitions:

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