Economics class: America should not allow its trade programme with Africa to die
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Development economics, international trade, free trade and protectionism
Click to read the article and then answer the questions:
America should not allow its trade programme with Africa to die
Using a diagram, analyse the effects of exporting surplus agricultural goods on low-income regions of the world
Explain what is meant by trade protectionism
Identify and explain four trade protectionist measures
With reference to the chart, compare Africa’s trade with the US and China
In the context of international trade, explain the foreign exchange constraint
Evaluate the extent to which ‘Agoa hands the US a latent advantage in its competition with China’
Gavin Clarke, Emmanuel College
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