IB skill practice

Analyse international trade and comparative advantage

Economics SL global economy skill with original exam-style diagram, data-response, and evaluation seeds.

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 4

Evaluate specialisation

A local Auckland export case study reports that a region specialises in dairy exports after trade liberalisation. Explain one benefit and one risk of specialisation. Enter the answer and choose the interpretation that best matches the global-economy evidence.

Worked practice: economic evidence and answer

Identify the economic evidence first, then state the result and interpretation.