Answer:
Countries specialize to excel in the production of specific goods and services; Countries specialize to make the most efficient use of their unique set of resources.
Explanation:
Countries specialise to increase total gains from trade & specialisation
- They specialise if they have absolute advantage in production of a good, in terms of their capability to produce a good at lower cost.
- They specialise if they have comparative advantage in production of a good, in terms of their capacity to produce a good at a lower opportunity cost (less other goods sacrifised)
- They specialise if the advantage in producing a good is due to the product using their abundant factor (resource) intensively.