The recent WASDE report shows a decrease in expected imports of wheat. The US "total supply" of wheat for the crop year is estimated to:

There has been catch-up among ________, but there has not been catch-up among ________

A) developing countries such as Niger; industrialized countries such as Japan B) developing countries such as Niger; all countries of the world C) industrialized countries such as Japan; all countries of the world D) all countries of the world together; industrialized countries such as Japan

In the Ricardian model, comparative advantage is likely to be due to

A) scale economies. B) home product taste bias. C) greater capital availability per worker. D) labor productivity differences. E) political pressure.