Category: International Trade

How do race and gender structure the international trade regime? Race and gender are two forces which structure the international trade regime. In order to allow for a deeper analysis of the trade regime in consideration to development and neoliberalism this essay will focus on race rather than gender, to suggest these concepts give the…

Impact of US-Taliban Treaty on India-Afghanistan Relations Bilateral relations between both India and Afghanistan is friendly and the public perception in both countries is positive with respect to each other. And this has continued ever since Modi took office in India in 2014. Their relationship pans over the following key sectors: Political Economical Security This…

Energy is a sector that plays a driving role in socio-economic advancement; poverty reduction and enhancement of the quality of life. Energy relates to all sectors of the economy as well as forming a sector itself. For decades Trade in energy has been considered as an exceptional case of International trade, different from other trade…

The trade war between the US and China has been attracting global citizens attention since July 2018. Until now, Washingtons tariffs on Chinese merchandises have reached US$550 billion. Beijing struck back with tariffs of US$185 billion on US merchandises. Therefore, the trade war between the US and China is affecting the world. Global The US-China…

Our increasingly globalising world continues to create trade relationships internationally, making factors of production more substantially integrated and reliant on one another. According to Hoskisson et al (2000)Economic growth is an increase in the output capacity of a chosen economy and is an increase in aggregate demand (AD) for which the formula is: AD=Consumption +Investment…

Introduction International trade plays a significant role in economic growth of a country and in current financial system both worldwide trade and economic growth are the most popular concepts. The term international trade is used to indicate the buying and selling of goods and services between countries for pleasing the needs of its population. International…

International trade emerged as a controversial concept that led to the creation of various theories to justify the adoption of the practice. International trade theories explain the exchange of goods and services between entities or people from two different nations. The trade between individuals and entities results from the belief in the possibilities of benefiting…

The One Belt One Road initiative is a project started by China in 2013 and that focuses on improving the connectivity and cooperation between China and several other countries in Asia, Africa and Europe to improve the trade relations worldwide. The focus of the initiative is energy, improve the infrastructure and improve transportation (Ma, 2018).…

More than 2,000 years ago, traders opened the transcontinental passage that connects Asia, Europe and Africa, nowadays known as the Silk Road. Trading ships created sea routes connecting the East with the West, forming the maritime Silk Road. These ancient silk routes opened windows of dialogue between peoples and nations. The modern China of the…