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C PR (UK)
C PR (UK)
in Each country
Pr(USA)
USA has comparative advantage in
production of wheat and UK in
W cloth.
International exchange ratio will be determined
somewhere in between two domestic price lines. In
this case the dotted lines.
C
Pdn UK’s Import
(UK)
UK’s Export
US Consumption Point
US Import
W
Pdn(US)
US Export
UK’s Consumption Point
World is One Market: Movement of Relative Price
The Equations of Exchange
Demand =D, Production =x
Equilibrium Two products f, c; home country price: Pc and Pf,
foreign country price: P*c and P*f, relative price= p
•When countries are of unequal size, then even though the small
country completely specialises in one commodity, (say cloth) it
will not be in a position to satisfy the total world demand for
cloth, specially the demand for cloth by the large country.
•So even after trade opens up the larger country will have to
continue producing both the goods at the prevailing cost
condition domestically.
•International terms of trade is expected to coincide with the
domestic pre-trade exchange ratio of the large country. As a
result the large country will be the price maker in the
international market while small country acts as a price taker.
Relative demand, Relative Supply and Price difference in two
countries
Effect of Country size • As country size differs small country
derives the whole gain from international
trade and large country derives no gain
C •This is however an extreme case. In
general we can make the proposition that
Pdn(UK)
as country size differs the international
D price line happens to remain closer to
domestic price line of the larger country
C Pdn(US)and small country derives more gain from
trade.
A
W
A= Autarky position in UK
C= Consumption of UK after Trade
D= Consumption of US after Trade
Trade under Increasing Cost of Production
C C
F D
M
E B
A
W W
A: Pre trade Equilibrium B: Pre trade Equilibrium
M: Post Trade Production Point D: Post Trade Production Point
E: Post Trade Consumption Point F: Post Trade Consumption Point
Gains from Trade
B
D
A
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Coffee(export)