Declining transportation and communication costs

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Over the last several decades, declining transportation and communication costs have:

reduced the importance of comparative advantage.

made it harder to measure comparative advantage.

increased the volume of goods and services exchanged in international trade.

made it less likely that international trade will contribute to global economic growth.

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