International Trade Essay Examples

The ongoing debate over NAFTA, the largest free trade area globally, presents different perspectives. Critics argue for its abandonment, calling it a failure and a “trade agreement from hell.” Supporters view NAFTA as successful and suggest expanding it to Latin America. Mickey Kantor sees it as a win-win situation. Before NAFTA, the US and Canada […]

The Netherlands, officially Kingdom of the Netherlands, is a constitutional monarchy located in Northwest Europe. The Netherlands Antilles is part of the state and consists of islands in the Caribbean.  The Netherlands is often called Holland after a historic region, part of the present day nation.  The country is bounded on the North and West […]

Abstract Traditional international trade involves a complex system of trade barriers to ensure the protection of domestic industry and its workers interests. The trade impediments and subsidies include protective tariffs, import quotas, non-tariff barriers such as licensing, and export subsidies. Originally, a country’s economy acted independently of other nations. The growing trend ever since the […]

The upholstered furniture and beds market is estimated to be worth around 400 billion dollar. Both markets grew substantially during the boom period of the late 1980’s and suffered significant decline during the prolonged recession of the early 1990’s. Imports and exports have become increasingly significant, with imports having grown to around 17 percent of […]

Unrestricted international trade calls for rules and regulations that all countries engaged in such trade must follow so as to ensure a smooth flow of goods and services across borders.

The article’s narrow focus on the macroeconomic problem of the decline in the U.S. dollar is perceived as a contradictory issue, which makes it seem one-sided.

We take for granted much of what we have in the world today. Our basic necessities – food, shelter and clothing – are easily accessible to nearly everyone in the developed world, and things that were once considered luxury items, such as televisions and refrigerators, have become common items in even the poorest of homes. […]

Legal tender is that money which is officially designated by the governments as an adequate instrument for the discharge of obligations stated to be payable in domestic money. A creditor has no legal right to refuse an offer of legal tender money by a debtor in fulfillment of a general monetary obligations. The governments declare […]

The 18th Dhaka International Trade Fair, (DITF)-2013 organized by Export Promotion Bureau and the Ministry of Commerce, Government of Bangladesh has been held at Sher-E-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka west side of Bangabandhu International Conference Centre during January 01-31, 2013. The local producer in the remote areas of rural Bangladesh who does not have financial strength […]

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), there has been global progress in providing food for the world’s population in the last 30 years. However, approximately 840 million people suffered from malnutrition between 1998-2000. Out of this number, 11 million were from developed countries, 30 million from transitioning economies, and the remaining 799 million […]

The second element of the CAGE analysis is the administrative distance between two countries. In this case we will be discussing the administrative distance between Germany and the United States. First of all Germany and United Stated do not belong to a common trade block. Although lately rumors occurred of the European Union and United […]

Import-Export Imbalance: 1.- The negative trade is heavy and only counterbalanced by the service account surplus. 2.- Over the last two decades, Philippine exports have shifted from commodity-based products to manufactured goods. 3.- In the midst of the current global economic recession, the exports of electronics, garments and textiles are yet to reach a level […]

Sea transport has been around for centuries but it has been more active since the ninetieth century. It deals with the shipment of sea freight from one port to another. Sea cargo services are generally used for large deliveries, that have longer lead-times, whilst maintaining crucial visibility and steering clear of costly delays and demurrage […]

This was one of the first theories of international trade. They focus on the individual country in examining patterns of imports and exports. These theories are useful in describing trade for commodities. This is because they are standardized and undifferentiated type of goods and services that focus mainly on price. Mercantilism This theory was developed […]

This report investigates importance of understanding cultural differences between countries for business firms operating internationally. There will be examples of firms that understand different cultures and are able to use this knowledge for successful business. International trade includes all the various kind of exchanges as importation and exportation, as well as goods and services, etc. […]

The document provides information on exports and imports for the year 2008-09, categorized based on the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System (HS code). The data in this report is obtained from the National Board of Revenue (NBR), which consolidates data from different customs stations. This report consists of two volumes: Volume-I includes five tables […]

Introduction The Linked Exchange Rate is an important part of Hong Kong’s financial system. It officially links the Hong Kong dollar to the US dollar at a rate of 7.8 Hong Kong dollars to one US dollar. This arrangement has been in effect since October 17, 1983. The stability of the Hong Kong dollar and […]

A trade bloc is a type of inter-governmental agreement (also known as trade pact), often part of a regional inter-governmental organization, where regional barriers to trade, (such as tariffs and non-tariff barriers) are reduced or eliminated among the participating states. Advantages of Trading Blocs The main advantages for members of trading blocs are as follows: […]

The global flow of silver managed to redefine the social structure in many societies, as well as dramatically altered the basis of the economy in many European and Asian countries. Despite the economic change that came from the mass production of silver and its use as a standard currency, the growth of the silver industry […]

Pakistan’s economy began with inadequate industrial development, a prevalence of agriculture, inefficient infrastructure, and ultimately, political and economic instability. During the old ages, Pakistan implemented policies to enhance its industrial base by adopting a trade regime with restrictions. This included providing protection to domestic industries through high duty and non-tariff barriers. The 1960s saw the […]

An analysis of the Eclectic Paradigm with Reference to Multinational Enterprises in Morocco Abbreviations FDI Foreign Direct Investment MNE Multinational Enterprise TNC Transnational Company OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Os Ownership-specific Ls Location-specific Is Internalization-specific GDP Gross Domestic Production IB International Business PPP Purchasing Power […]

Dumping, normally known as “ Predatory Pricing ” in international trade is the act of bear downing a lower monetary value for a good in a foreign market than one charges for the same good in a domestic market. This is frequently referred to as selling at less than “ just value ” . Antidumping […]