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International trade is exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories.. In most countries, it represents a significant share of gross domestic product (GDP). While international trade has been present throughout much of history (see Silk Road, Amber Road), its economic, social, and political importance has been on the rise in recent centuries. Industrialization, advanced transportation, globalization, multinational corporations, and outsourcing are all having a major impact on the international trade system. Increasing international trade is crucial to the continuance of globalization. Without international trade, nations would be limited to the goods and services produced within their own borders. International trade is in principle not different from domestic trade as the motivation and the behavior of parties involved in a trade do not change fundamentally regardless of whether trade is across a border or not. The main difference is that international trade is typically more costly than domestic trade. The reason is that a border typically imposes additional costs such as tariffs, time costs due to border delays and costs associated with country differences such as language, the legal system or culture. Another difference between domestic and international trade is that factors of production such as capital and labour are typically more mobile within a country than across countries. Thus international trade is mostly restricted to trade in goods and services, and only to a lesser extent to trade in capital, labor or other factors of production. Then trade in goods and services can serve as a substitute for trade in factors of production. Instead of importing a factor of production, a country can import goods that make intensive use of the factor of production and are thus embodying the respective factor. An example is the import of labor-intensive goods by the United States from China. Instead of importing Chinese labor the United States is importing goods from China that were produced with Chinese labor. International trade is also a branch of economics, which, together with international finance, forms the larger branch of international economics. International trade uses a variety of currencies, the most important of which are held as foreign reserves by governments and central banks. Here the percentage of global cummulative reserves held for each currency between 1995 and 2005 are shown: the US dollar is the most sought-after currency, with the Euro in strong demand as well.From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License How can an international trade agreement help a country's global competitiveness? Q. How can an international trade agreement (such as an agreement between Canada and the EU) help a country's global competitiveness? Asked by Anne - Sun Oct 11 12:44:22 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. International trade agreement help a country's global competitveness in following ways. 1. Increased market share 2. Opportunity for establishing brand recognition 3. One can achive economies of scale etc. Answered by usman1986 - Sun Oct 11 13:22:56 2009 What are the Factors the promoted that growth of International trade after WWI? Q. What are the Factors that promoted the growth of International trade after WWI? Thanks in advance. Asked by uha1 - Mon Nov 5 08:19:29 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Primarily lower tariff barriers. Barriers were erected during the interwar period, because countries were fearful of each other and tended to not trade or invest with other countries. After WWII, increased diplomatic and economic interactions got things back on the right track. Answered by Allan - Tue Nov 6 20:17:15 2007 Are Global Capital Markets classified as International Trade?
Q. We have to debate whether International Trade is good for developed and developing countries, and I found a video about Global Capital Markets and capital mobility and youtube, and thought it would be sneaky if I brought up a bunch of stuff about that, because the competing debate team wouldn't have even researched the issue because the debate topic is just "International Trade", and so they'd have no rebuttles for anything related to Global Capital, which I feel is still international trade. Asked by John Lennon Was Here. - Wed Sep 24 13:32:59 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Capital is not trade, but financial services are. So you might still be on to something. Answered by robrobiii - Wed Sep 24 13:59:05 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "international trade"
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