Trade Diversion

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Title

Trade Diversion

Description

Trade flow is diverted from actually cost-efficient partner state to less efficient one

Creator

Jacob Viner

Source

The Customs Union Issue

Date

1950

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Text

"Where the trade-diverting effect is predominant, one at least of the member countries is bound to be injured, both may be injured, the two combined will suffer a net injury, and there will be injury to the outside world and to the world at large."

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Citation

Jacob Viner , “Trade Diversion,” History of Economics, accessed April 17, 2026, https://www.historysandd.margobergman.org/items/show/54.

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