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Why do nations stand to gain from trading with one another, and how should a nation determine the goods it should specialize in and which it should import? To answer these questions we must introduce some basic concepts of International Trade: absolute and comparative advantage. This lesson introduces these two concepts and uses a simple PPC model to determine how two countries should allocate their resources towards the production of a particular good to maximize the benefit they derive from trading with one another.

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