If the Nation's Taste for Its Import Commodity Increases

question 25

Multiple Choice

If the nation's taste for its import commodity increases:

• A) the nation's terms of trade remain unchanged.
• B) the nation's terms of trade deteriorate.
• C) the partner's terms of trade deteriorate.
• D) the partner's terms of trade improve.

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