The Global Connection · Global Economy

Trade and Specialization

Understanding why nations trade and how specialization leads to increased global efficiency.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why should a country import goods it could technically produce itself?
  2. 2How does specialization make a national economy more vulnerable to global shocks?
  3. 3Who wins and who loses when a new free trade agreement is signed?

ACARA Content Descriptions

AC9HE10K01
Year: Year 9
Subject: Economics & Business
Unit: The Global Connection
Period: Global Economy

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