If a country exports the products it can produce at a low opportunity cost and imports the products it would otherwise produce at a high opportunity cost, we say that such trade is based on the

A. arbitrage pricing theory.
B. theory of absolute advantage.
C. theory of factor endowments.
D. theory of comparative advantage.


Answer: D

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