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Trade creation

Trade creation occurs when economic integration causes trade deals away from higher-cost producers from outside the trading bloc to lower-cost producers within the trading bloc, due to the removal of trade barriers. (HL only).

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The syllabus topics that use this term.

  • 4.4Trade Creation (HL only)
  • 4.4World Trade Organization (WTO)

Taught in Economic Integration

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