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World Trade
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world trade | The exchange of resources, goods, and services across international borders. |
globalization | The condition that exists when countries rely on each other for ideas, goods, services, and markets. |
producers | People and firms that use resources to make goods and services. |
consumers | People who use goods and services to satisfy their personal needs. |
supply | How much of something is available. |
demand | How much of something people want. |
export | Selling resources or goods to other countries. |
import | Buying resources or goods from other countries. |
balance of trade | The difference between the value of exports and the value of imports in a country's economy. |
trade surplus | Situation that occurs when the value of a country's exports is higher than the value of its imports. |
trade deficit | Situation that occurs when the value of a country's exports is lower than the value of its imports. |
trade barrier | Any regulation or policy that restricts international trade. |
tariff | Tax added to the price of goods that are imported. |
quota | A limit on how many items of a particular product can be imported from a certain nation. |
subsidy | Special payment made by a government to support a particular group or industry. |
standard | The acceptable requirements products must meet in order to be traded designed to protect the citizens of a nation. |
trade sanction | The step taken to cut off trade with a country to show opposition to its government's actions. |
embargo | a total ban on trade with a particular country. |
free trade | the removal of trade restrictions so goods flow freely among countries. |
outsourcing | Hiring workers in other countries to do a set of jobs usually for less money. |