One of the suggestions of the new trade theory is that:

A. differences in technology leads to differences in productivity, which in turn, drives international trade patterns.

B. nations may benefit from trade irrespective of resource endowments or technology.

C. the demand for most new products tends to be based on nonprice factors.

D. globally dispersed production reduces the production costs of mature products.

E. comparative advantage does not arrive from a difference in factor endowments but from a difference in productivity.


B

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