Category: Regional Trading Arrangements

Trade diversion takes place when ?

A. a country moves from autarky to free trade
B. a movement to a customs union reduces the costs of trade through standardization economic integration results in a
C. economic integration results in a movement in product origin to a lower cost member country
D. economic integration results in a shift in product origin from a lower-cost, nonmember country to a member country having higher costs

Trade creation takes place when ?

A. a country moves from autarky to free trade
B. a movement to a customs union reduces the cost of trade through standardization
C. economic integration results in a movement in product origin to a lower-cost member country
D. economic integration results in a shift in product origin from a lower cost nonmember country to a member country having higher costs