Translation promblems

(1)This increase in the output of both commodities measures the gains from specialization in production available to be divided between the two nations through trade .
(2)……the opposite is true for Nicaragua (what's the meaning of the "ture "here ?The opposite i suit for the situation of Nicaragua )
(3)we examine the development of trade theroy from the seventeenth century through the first part of the twentieth century
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