How can comparative advantage inform future trade and investment interests across regions and sectors? What are the limits of comparative advantage here?
Background
The world’s production capability across different sectors may be best understood in terms of global supply chains, for example as R&D takes place in one country and manufacturing in another. Further evidence should inform classification of sectors, measurement of value-addition, and challenge assumptions in our understanding of supply chains.
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