In a two-country, two-commodity model, if a country has an absolute advantage in the production of a certain good, it implies that
A. this country has higher labor productivity in the production of this good.
B. it is not possible that this country can gain by importing this good from the other country.
C. this country also has a comparative advantage in the production of this good.
D. this country has greater resources than the other country.
Answer: A
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