Q2(b) Multiple choice on what the World Trade Organization does.
Edexcel · 4EC1
International trade comes up in 24 questions across the Edexcel International GCSE past papers (4EC1), worth 76 marks between them. They run from 2019 to 2024 and appear on iGCSE Paper 2, iGCSE Paper 2R.
Tariffs run from 1 to 9 marks. The commonest instructions are Analyse (6), Define (5), Identify (MCQ) (4). Specification points covered: 2.2.2.
Q2(b) Multiple choice on what the World Trade Organization does.
Q4(b) Data response: how trade patterns differ between developed and developing countries.
Q1(d) Set out one thing the World Trade Organization does.
Q1(g) Give one way free trade helps businesses in Ecuador.
Q1(c) Give the meaning of exports.
Q3(d) Data response: the downsides of free trade for UK firms.
Q1(c) Give the meaning of imports.
Q3(d) Data response: how free trade helps domestic firms inside the RCEP.
Q4(b) Data response: what rising inflation does to exports - the Netherlands case.
Q1(a) Multiple choice on what the World Trade Organization does.
Q1(d) Set out how consumers gain from free trade.
Q2(c) Name one benefit of free trade.
Q1(c) Give the meaning of imports.
Q2(g) Data response: what free trade offers firms inside the EU.
Q1(c) Give the meaning of exports.
Q1(h) Data response: the downsides of free trade for domestic firms inside a free trade area.
Q2(d) Give the meaning of free trade.
Q2(c) Name one drawback of free trade.
Q1(d) Set out one cost of free trade to domestic firms.
Q4(b) Data response: what part the WTO has played in the growth of world trade.
Q1(a) Multiple choice naming unrestricted international trade.
Q2(b) Multiple choice on the likely result of more free trade.
Q2(f) Set out the typical trade pattern of a developed country such as Germany.
Q1(g) Give one way the WTO promotes free trade between countries.
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