Explain how the international trade relations between the global north countries (HDCs - highly developed countries) and the global south countries (LDCs - less developed countries) might NOT transform the latter to become highly developed or highly industrialized countries, like the former, in the near future.

Explain how the international trade relations between the global north countries (HDCs - highly developed countries) and the global south countries (LDCs - less developed countries) might NOT transform the latter to become highly developed or highly industrialized countries, like the former, in the near future.

Economics Today and Tomorrow, Student Edition

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Chapter20: The Global Economy

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Problem 22AA

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