Section: Human Geography

11) In recent years, countries such as India have: 

1. embraced the international trade model
2. embraced the self-sufficiency approach
3. raised taxes on imports
4. required licenses for importers

The International Trade Model is a method of improving a country's development that pushes the country to identify its unique set of strengths in the world and to channel investment toward building on these strengths. To compete internationally, this approach argues, a country must find out what it can offer the world and capitalize on that good or service.