Refer to above figure. Albania refused to engage in international trade for ideological reasons. To maximize its economic welfare it would choose to produce at which point in the diagram above? Suppose the PA/PB at point a was equal to 1
Given this information, in which good (A or B) does Albania enjoy a comparative advantage? Now that the Cold War is over, Albania is interested in obtaining economic welfare gains from trade. The relevant international relative price is PA/PB = 2. Albania would therefore choose to produce at which point (a, b, or c)? Given this additional information, in which good does Albania enjoy a comparative advantage?
Albania would choose to produce at point a. With no reference to world terms of trade, one cannot establish Albania's comparative advantage.
Later, when Albania discovers that the relative price of A equals twice the price of B, it knows that it has a comparative advantage in A. Therefore Albania would produce at production point b.
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