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Economic Significance of Trade Imbalances

Level:: A-Level, IB Diploma

Board:: AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, IB, OCR, WJEC

Last updated 5 Dec 2019

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One feature of the world economy is the persistent and large scale of trade imbalances.

We explore the significance of trade imbalances between some of the world’s biggest economies in this short topic video.

Economic Significance of Trade Imbalances

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