商务英语入门(修订版) Chapter 10.pptx

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Chapter10国际贸易InternationalTrade

LectureOutlineWhatIsInternationalTrade?什么是国际贸易？ReasonsforInternationalTrade国际贸易的原因BasicsofInternationalTrade国际贸易的几个基本概念InternationalTradeSettlement国际贸易结算RestrictionstoInternationalTrade国际贸易障碍

Lead-inActivitiesChinabecametheworld’slargestexporterovertakingGermanyin2009.Myriadsofmade-in-Chinacommoditiessoldworldwidehavegreatlyimprovedthelivesofthelocalpeople.

Lead-inActivities1.ThefollowingissomeofChina’sbest-knownbrandsofexportcommodities.PleaseidentifythebrandnamesinChineseandcompletethetable.2.WorkinpairstonamesomeotherChina’sbrandsofexportcommoditiesyouknow.3.WorkwithyourpartnertolistsomeforeignbrandsinChinesemarket.

WhatIsInternationalTrade?Internationaltradeistheexchangeofgoodsandservicesbetweencountries.Tradinggloballygivesconsumersandcountriestheopportunitytobeexposedtogoodsandservicesnotavailableintheirowncountries.

Differencebetweeninternationaltradeanddomestictrade—Internationaltradeistypicallymorecostlythandomestictrade.WhatIsInternationalTrade?

Differencebetweeninternationaltradeanddomestictrade—Factorsofproduction?suchascapitaland?labor?aretypicallymoremobilewithinacountrythanacrosscountries.Insteadofimportingafactorofproduction,acountrycanimportgoodsthatmakeintensiveuseofthatfactorofproductionandthusembodyit.WhatIsInternationalTrade?

—Howisinternationaltradesimilartoanddifferentfromdomestictrade?—WhatarethemainitemsChinaexportstotheU.S.andwhatdoesChinamainlyimportfromtheU.S.?QuestionsforDiscussionWhatIsInternationalTrade?

ReasonsforInternationalTradeAbsoluteadvantageandcomparativeadvantagearetheprimaryreasonwhynationsengageininternationaltrade.

—Acountryhasanabsoluteadvantageintheproductionofaproductwhe