Edexcel · 9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14

Trading blocs

14questions
192marks
11series
2019–2025years

Trading blocs comes up in 14 questions across the Edexcel A Level, AS and International A Level past papers (9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14), worth 192 marks between them. They run from 2019 to 2025 and appear on A Level Paper 2, A Level Paper 3, International A Level Unit 4.

Tariffs run from 1 to 25 marks. The commonest instructions are Evaluate (5), Discuss (3), Explain (2). Specification points covered: 4.1.5, 4.3.2.4.

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June 2025 1 question

25 marksA Level · Paper 3 · Section A

Q1(e) Evaluate the micro and macro consequences that a regional trade agreement linking the UK and the EU would produce.

4.1.5Trading blocsEvaluateEssay (choice)

May 2025 2 questions

6 marksInternational A Level · Unit 4 · Section B

Q7(d) Analyse two jobs the World Trade Organization does, using the extract questioning its effectiveness.

4.3.2.4Trading blocsAnalyseData response essay
14 marksInternational A Level · Unit 4 · Section B

Q7(e) Discuss what China stands to gain economically from its 28 free-trade deals and RCEP membership.

4.3.2.4Trading blocsDiscussData response essay

Jan 2025 1 question

1 markInternational A Level · Unit 4 · Section A

Q5 Deduce what kind of bloc the East African Community is, given its shared tariff on outsiders.

4.3.2.4Trading blocsIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice

June 2024 1 question

25 marksA Level · Paper 3 · Section B

Q2(e) Evaluate at micro and macro level (Extract F) what Ghana's entry into the African Continental Free Trade Agreement would bring.

4.1.5Trading blocsEvaluateEssay (choice)

May 2024 1 question

20 marksInternational A Level · Unit 4 · Section C

Q9 Evaluate the drawbacks for a country of joining a monetary union, with Romania's euro ambition in mind.

4.3.2.4Trading blocsEvaluateEssay (choice)

June 2023 1 question

5 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Section B

Q6(a) Using Extract A on the African Continental Free Trade Area, set out what a regional trade agreement means.

4.1.5Trading blocsExplainData response essay

Jan 2023 1 question

20 marksInternational A Level · Unit 4 · Section C

Q8 Evaluate what a nation stands to gain economically from trading bloc membership, as with the UK's February 2021 CPTPP application.

4.3.2.4Trading blocsEvaluateEssay (choice)

Jan 2022 2 questions

4 marksInternational A Level · Unit 4 · Section B

Q7(c) Set out what a customs union is, as referred to in Extract A.

4.3.2.4Trading blocsExplainData response essay
8 marksInternational A Level · Unit 4 · Section B

Q7(d) Examine two economic gains Turkey could expect from European Union membership, using Extract A's closing paragraph.

4.3.2.4Trading blocsExamineData response essay

May 2021 1 question

14 marksInternational A Level · Unit 4 · Section B

Q7(e) Discuss what the EU could economically gain from a Mercosur trade deal, as set out in Extract B.

4.3.2.4Trading blocsDiscussData response essay

Oct 2020 2 questions

10 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Section B

Q6(d) Assess measures Nigeria might adopt to answer worries its manufacturers and unions raise about the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.

4.1.5Trading blocsAssessData response essay
15 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Section B

Q6(e) Discuss what deeper economic integration could deliver for countries across sub-Saharan Africa.

4.1.5Trading blocsDiscussData response essay

June 2019 1 question

25 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Section C

Q7 Evaluate how expanding trade blocs, notably the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement covering 26 African states with roughly £1 trillion of GDP, reshape world trade.

4.1.5Trading blocsEvaluateEssay (choice)

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