Edexcel A Level · 9EC0 · Theme 4: A global perspective

4.1.5 Trading blocs and the WTO

Everything you need for questions on trading blocs and the WTO, in the words examiners reward. An interactive seven-step lesson goes with it.

What's on this sheet

  1. Types of trading bloc: each step goes further
  2. Trade creation and trade diversion
  3. Costs and benefits
  4. The World Trade Organization (WTO)
  5. Classic question: do the benefits of joining a trading bloc outweigh the costs?
  6. Side 2: practice tasks, where the marks go, and exam-style questions
  7. Separate answer key

The lesson in seven steps

  1. Trade creation or trade diversion?
  2. How far does it go?
  3. Members, non-members and the WTO
  4. Customs union trainer
  5. Blocs and the WTO
  6. Build the chain
  7. Exam practice

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