"The Heckscher-Ohlin Model suggests that the basis of comparative advantage lies primarily in a difference in factor endowments between countries, and  that  if  countries  enter  into international trade based on that comparative advantage, they will be better off compared to other theories." Discuss this statement

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Comparative Advantage and Absolute Advantage Analysis

The theory of absolute advantage was given by Adam Smith in the year 1776.