When products from a high-cost country within a customs union replace imports from a low-cost country that is not a member of the union, this is called:
a. trade creation.
b. trade diversion.
c. trade deflection.
d. trade development.
Ans: b. trade diversion.
Economics
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a. firms can earn only a normal profit in the long run b. each firm's ATC curve is unaffected by changes in industry output c. each firm has a horizontal long-run average total cost curve d. there are no economies of scale available to the firms in the industry e. each firm faces a horizontal demand curve for its output
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