If free international trade opens up and a country has a comparative disadvantage in sugar production, we should expect

a. greater sugar consumption in that country
b. higher sugar prices in that country
c. greater sugar production in that country
d. lower sugar prices in sugar-exporting countries
e. greater sugar consumption in sugar-exporting countries


A

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