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International trade is exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories. In most countries, it represents a significant share of gross domestic product (GDP). While international trade has been present throughout much of history it’s economic, social, and political importance has been on the rise in recent centuries. However Industrialization, advanced transportation, globalization, multinational corporations, and outsourcing are all having a major impact on the international trade system increasing international trade is crucial to the continuance of globalization. Without international trade, nations would be limited to the goods and services produced within their own borders.

International trade is in principle not different from domestic trade as the motivation and the behavior of parties involved in a trade do not change fundamentally regardless of whether trade is across a border or not. The main difference is that international trade is typically more costly than domestic trade. The demand for domestic currency will come down in the international market when the country faces internal disturbance the international disturbance will cause to decrease the domestic production and this will force to decrease the value of the currency in the international currency exchange market the reason is that a border typically imposes additional costs such as tariffs, time costs due to border delays and costs associated with country differences such as language, legal system or culture.

Another difference between domestic and international trade is that factors of production such as capital and labor are typically more mobile within a country than across countries. Thus international trade is...