What are the reasons for international trade?
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International trade is not only necessary to build alliances (which can be a byproduct of international trade), but because no one country is self sufficient, having all the resources (natural, property, intellectual) necessary to make a product. For example, let's say Canada has better soil and better agricultural technology needed to produce corn than any country in the world, so they can produce more corn at the lowest cost, thus selling it for at the lowest price. They have a competitive advantage over other nations. Japan has a competitive advantage over Canada in the computer industry. And the US has a competitive advantage in the auto industry. \nEach country could, technically, produce corn, computers and cars. However, those country without the competitive advantage lack the necessary resources and would pay a much higher price to produce these things on their own than they would to just import the completed good from one of the other countries.\nIf Japan needs corn, they would trade with Canada, who needs computers. If the US needs computers and Japan needs cars, they would trade.\nHope that helped.
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Why do you think that?  International business is growing be leaps and bounds. Now is the time to get involved.
211976
fair trade, coz then the workers in a poor country can receive a "real" amount of money that'll be able to suit their needs. Also that way they wont have a low pay, n there wont be any social dumping.
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Global trade; Globalisation\n\n\nTrade will help bring countries togeather. Stop future unrests between countries.\n\nMakes countries and industries iterdependant so that the global and local economies will become more stable. \n\nBring better living conditions to the Indians through the infusion of new technologies in to their industries. \n\nBad: India is a very self sufficient nation; and very powerful too. Promoting global trade will greatly help India become a major powerhouse which will be a large threat to the developed nations.  \n\n\nSorry if i deviated from the point. Hope this helps
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Mainly because of all the additional variables involved in global logistics. Whenever you transport something over a border you have to consider the legal, political and social environment of the country involved. \n\nAlso, because of the distances involved tracking and control becomes more difficult. For example, ships can run into delays because of bad weather.
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ARE YOU IN THE US?\n\nPromoting Trade and Investment: \nThe defining purpose of the International Trade Administration (ITA) is helping to create economic opportunity for American workers and businesses. By promoting trade and investment we are promoting prosperity and a better world.\n\nTo increase trade and investment, ITA helps U.S. companies navigate foreign markets. We help educate companies about how to tailor their activities to the specific market with respect to their product slate, financing, marketing, assembly and logistics. While the United States exports more than any other country, making that first export can still be a daunting challenge for a small or medium sized business. ITA helps equip those businesses with the knowledge and tools that they need to meet that exporting challenge, and by extension, promote the trade and investment that helps us all.\n\nThe U.S. Commercial Service is the trade promotion arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce's ITA. The Commercial Service has 108 offices located throughout the country and 150 around the world, covering 96 percent of U.S. export markets. Its Web-based services are provided through the U.S. government's export portal, export.gov. At export.gov you can locate the U.S. Export Assistance Center nearest you or call 1-800-USA-TRAD(E) (1-800-872-8723).
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international trade....go asian, such as singapore or hongkong....these are on a booming economy
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The bottom line is it is about the all mighty dollar.  Maintaining access to foreign goods means that our government feels a need to exhaust our resources to "make nice" with other countries to help them with their strife--at the sacrifice of our own needs.  Sure there are some of the richest people on the planet here, but not all.  There are also a lot of severely impoverished as well.  We need to get our priorities straight as a nation.
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Basicly, humans. We want everything, we want to have it our way, don't like to comprimise, and become socalised in to ideologies that serve to reinforce values and beliefs, that become outdated quickly in an increasingly globalised world. We want things easy, and don't like to take the diffifcult but necessary steps to ensure long term peace or survival. If your talking about concepts, then Id say religion, land and money are the main causes of international tensions.
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Because believe it or not, the welfare of other nations affects the US.  Imagine if one of the top nations with which the US did trade went into poverty.  Or if many of the nations that are in poverty today were to be taught how to use their resources.  In the latter case, America could gain a trading partner and more resources that might not have been readily available from the land of other already prospering nations.  It's also a humanitarian thing.  Some citizens in developed countries that have a good standard of living want to show other countries how they can acheive this, and provide said countries with the aid necessary to do so.  It's a good thing.
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I’ve never studied Economics, so please forgive me if I write something stupid...\n1. What is the reason for globalisation? It’s the needs and the expansion of companies.\n2.  What can be the consequence? Strong interdependence and a lot more. We know from history that a best example what can happen was the Great Depression of the 1930s or the Oil Crisis in the 1970s. In the present news are all about this problem. If there were no duties, the poor areas (Africa, Asia, South America) could either rise or fall even deeper.\n\nThat’s all I can figure out on my own.\nHere’s a more professional aid:
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The top two exports are first, manufactured goods, and second, oil and oil products.\n\nThe top two imports are first, metalworking machines, and second, steel mill products.
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Globalization is expanding trade between countries throughout the world, but not just trade as in material goods, but culture and knowledge too. The positives are that things tend to become cheaper in general, and relations between countries improve, and cultural trade increases, so people tend to become more tolerant and smarter. The negatives are that industries in a certain country might disappear because of competition from other countries (like fruits in America due to competition from Mexico, for example), and that people tend to become less tolerant because they're forced to meet more people that they'd rather not. So, it's good in general, but bad for certain groups, and these certain groups are large enough that their issues need to be considered.
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It affords them a method of growing food stuffs, either plant or animal, for their consumption or export. If the country is eccononically stable and can import cheaper food, then the agriculture becomes cosmetic or non essential eg. flowers
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Think of it as selling lemonade in a cul-de-sac as opposed to selling it on a busy street. Tons more customers on the street, right? International free trade means that developing countries don't only get to sell to their neighboring third-world countries anymore, but to the entire "rich" world.
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We are living through the disadvantages right now, but in the long run, it's all wine and roses. To reverse a quote from Frederic Bastiat, the most excellent 19th century French economist, "Where trade crosses borders, armies soon won't", aiee, (isn't that cute?) globalization ultimately leads to world peace.
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There are many issues here.\n1) Imports may be cheeper and still be as good or better.\n2) Importing goods is "exporting" jobs. Can lead to unemployment and downturns in the local economy.\n3) Limiting imports stops local firms from improving production processes as they make good profits under their production.\n4) Sometimes imported goods don't have the warranty and after sales service as local goods.\n5) Importing from one country often opens the door to exporting to the exporting country.\n\nCan be advantageous but has disadvantages as well.