外贸英语International Trade).pptVIP

International Trade Made by Stanney Warming-up 1. What is international trade? International trade, also called international business or foreign trade, occurs when goods and services are exchanged across national boundaries. Nowadays when talking about international trade we do not Warming-up 1. What is international trade? just mean selling and buying goods on an international scale but also some cross-border economic activities such as overseas investment and contracted projects. Warming-up 1. What is international trade? International trade takes place within the framework of agreements worked by countries in the World Trade Organization (WTO). Warming-up 2. What do you think about international trade? For or against international trade. Why do nations trade with each other? The answer is simple: Because we can receive benefits or make gains from it. The chief benefits from international trade. (1) Helping to raise the living standards of the people; Take the United States. A great deal of its high standard of living depends on internation trade. Without international trade the United States cannot become a kingdom of automobiles because most of its oil is imported from abroad. (2) Helping to upgrade a country’s modernization Foreign trade can help a nation make money in the form of foreign exchange which can be used to finance its purchases of high technology needed for upgrading its modernization and speeding up its industrialization process. (3) Helping to solve a country’s shortage of capital A lot of world’s enterprises, especially those of the developing nations, are in desperate need of capital, for their expansion, for employing workers, for buying raw materials, for purchasing advanced equipment and so on. Such a problem can be solved by attracting foreign investment through forming joint ventures. (4) Helping to solve unemployment problem For both developed coutries and developing countries, ex