What term describes the situation when a regional trade agreement causes a decrease in trade with countries outside the group, benefiting member nations instead?

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30 May 2019
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28 May 2026

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Trade diversion occurs when a regional trading bloc shifts imports from more efficient external producers to less efficient member countries, reducing trade with nonmembers and favoring member states.

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