2 marks
Q1(c) Give the meaning of a trading bloc.
Edexcel · 4EC1
Trading blocs comes up in 10 questions across the Edexcel International GCSE past papers (4EC1), worth 50 marks between them. They run from 2019 to 2025 and appear on iGCSE Paper 2, iGCSE Paper 2R.
Tariffs run from 1 to 12 marks. The commonest instructions are Analyse (4), Identify (MCQ) (3), Define (1). Specification points covered: 2.2.2.
Q1(c) Give the meaning of a trading bloc.
Q3(a) Multiple choice on what comes with trading bloc membership.
Q4(c) Data response: weigh up what India gains from joining the RCEP trading bloc.
Q1(h) Data response: the downsides for South African firms of AfCFTA membership.
Q1(h) Data response: what UK firms gain from CPTPP membership.
Q4(b) Data response: what India gains from trading bloc membership.
Q3(b) Multiple choice completing what trading bloc members agree to.
Q1(h) Data response: what AfCFTA membership offers a country.
Q2(g) Data response: what trade bloc membership offers - Thailand case.
Q1(b) Multiple choice completing the definition of a trade bloc.
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