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Geography Optional 300+ Score Pack · Model answer

“Shifting global trade patterns create new opportunities”. Examine this statement.

  • UPSC 2022
  • Economic Geography

Shifting trade patterns means change in the direction, composition and organisation of world commerce — the centre of gravity moving eastward, trade in tasks displacing trade in finished goods, services outgrowing merchandise, and the post-2020 turn to de-risking, friend-shoring and China-plus-one.

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  • Value-Chain Entry at the Level of Tasks
  • Services and Digital Trade: Geography-Light Exports
  • South–South Trade, Regional Blocs and New Corridors
  • Green and Critical-Mineral Trade
  • Examining the Claim: Opportunity Is Spatially Selective

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