A multinational mining company has begun extracting metal in a less-developed country. Its project sells the metal abroad and employs local workers.
Which is a possible drawback of this project?
Metal exports may help to reduce poverty over time.
Pollution may be worse where environmental laws are weaker.
Local workers may gain new skills from the project.
New machinery and technology may enter the country.
118 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Economics 2.4 International trade and the global economy, covering 2.4.1a The importance of trade, 2.4.1b Advantages of trade and interdependence, 2.4.1c UK exports and imports, 2.4.2a How exchange rates are determined, 2.4.2b Effects of exchange rate changes, 2.4.3a Free-trade and its arguments, 2.4.3b Free-trade agreements such as the EU, 2.4.4a Features and growth of globalisation, 2.4.4b Benefits and drawbacks of globalisation, and 2.4.4c Moral, ethical and sustainability considerations. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.