Using the data in the accompanying table, answer the following questions: a. For which good does Canada have a comparative advantage? b. For which good does Italy have a comparative advantage?  c. What might be a set of favorable terms of trade for the two countries?

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