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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 why does economists normally believe free international trade is a good thing? Q. What are the impact on each group in terms of gains and losses from trade? What do each group gain or lose when trade occurs? For the international trade affects consumers, producers and workers. Asked by 4weeksman - Mon Oct 20 14:48:49 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. hey. so free trade is basically the movement of goods AND services among nations without political or economic obstruction. So first you have to know some key terms Comparative advantage theory: Theory that states that a country should see to other countries those products that it produces most effectively and efficiently, and buy other countries those products that it cannot produce as effectivly or efficiently Balance of trade: A nations ratio of exports to imports Exporting: Selling products to other countries Importing: Buying products from another country. free trade pros: - The global market contains more than 6 billion ppl which are all potential customers for these goods and services. -Productivity grows when countries… [cont.] Answered by Sophia - Mon Oct 20 15:06:49 2008 What are the disadvantages to International Trade? Q. It doesn't necesary have to be a very strong point or the obvious, anything that involves with the disadvantages of International Trade so fill this Q&A as much as your awesome mind can work it! This is for my international business debate team, we're on the con side! >:D remember only disadvantages! Asked by chopzsite - Tue Feb 19 09:57:46 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. Remember what caused the war of 1812? That's one disadvantage. Answered by Qiyuan Z - Tue Feb 19 10:10:39 2008 What do Tea partiers think of international trade?
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