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  2. International trade - Wikipedia

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    International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories [1] because there is a need or want of goods or services. [2] See: World economy .) In most countries, such trade represents a significant share of gross domestic product (GDP).

  3. International trade law - Wikipedia

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    International trade law is based on theories of economic liberalism developed in Europe and later the United States from the 18th century onwards. [9] International Trade Law is an aggregate of legal rules of "international legislation" and new lex mercatoria, regulating relations in international trade.

  4. Trade - Wikipedia

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    While international trade has been present throughout much of history (see Silk Road, Amber Road), its economic, social, and political importance have increased in recent centuries, mainly because of Industrialization, advanced transportation, globalization, multinational corporations, and outsourcing. [citation needed]

  5. International business - Wikipedia

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    International business activities are governed by international commercial law, which is a set of legal rules, conventions, treaties, domestic laws and commercial customs used to regulate trade between countries.

  6. International economics - Wikipedia

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    The economics of international finance does not differ in principle from the economics of international trade, but there are significant differences of emphasis. The practice of international finance tends to involve greater uncertainties and risks because the assets that are traded are claims to flows of returns that often extend many years ...

  7. Trade in services - Wikipedia

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    International trade in services is defined by the Four Modes of Supply of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). (Mode 1) Cross-Border Trade – which is defined as delivery of a service from the territory of one country into the territory of other country, e.g. remotely providing accounting services in one country for a company based in another country, or an airline flying ...

  8. Foreign-trade zones of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. foreign-trade zones program was created by the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of 1934. The Foreign-Trade Zones Act was one of two key pieces of legislation passed in 1934 in an attempt to mitigate some of the destructive effects of the Smoot-Hawley Tariffs, which had been imposed in 1930. The Foreign-Trade Zones Act was created to "expedite ...

  9. Trade-to-GDP ratio - Wikipedia

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    Trade openness in 2017 [1]. The trade-to-GDP ratio is an indicator of the relative importance of international trade in the economy of a country. It is calculated by dividing the aggregate value of imports and exports over a period by the gross domestic product for the same period.