If the U.S.has a comparative advantage in almonds relative to Japan,we would expect that
A)the U.S.would export almonds to Japan and Japan would export almonds to the U.S.
B)Japan would export almonds to the United States.
C)the U.S.would export almonds to Japan.
D)None of the situations would take place.

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If the U.S. has a comparative advantage in almonds relative to Japan, it means that the U.S. can produce almonds at a lower opportunity cost than Japan. Therefore, the U.S. would export almonds to Japan, while Japan would not export almonds to the U.S. since they can obtain them more efficiently from the U.S.

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