高等学校英语拓展系列教程
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