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external trade and vulnerable to internal and external shocks arising from its macroeconomic and trade policies . Belize trade profile shows that about 61.6 percent of its exports are on agricultural products while imports and exports to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratios are 72.4 and

There are a number of strategies that a business wishing to expand their operations internationally can use. These include Export, Foreign Direct Investment, Relocation of production, Management contracts and Licensing & Franchising. Generally there are two main sources of funds to finance the global expansion of a business. These are debt and equity. Debt finance refers to the money borrowed from outside of the business and can be divided into short-term and long-term borrowings where as Equity

fiscal account deficit is increasing in the US, it has led to a current account deficit.7 Figure 1 Inflation in the domestic country can led to increase in imports of essential goods. Essentially imports become more desirable in case of and make exports less desirable because of the increase in the price of domestically produced goods. This drives the economy 6 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ROADMAP FOR FISCAL CONSOLIDATION, (September 2012), Available

Vietnam is a densely populated developing country in the Southeast Asia. Since independence in 1975, though launching of several economic reforms and extensive efforts for macroeconomic stability, infrastructure development and environmental sustainability, Vietnam has transformed from one of the poorest country in the world to a lower middle income country with current GDP of $186.2 billion (Tradingeconomics, 2016). During the past two decades, Vietnam has become one of the leader in agricultural

in the United States may suffer due to the opening of the market and new, foreign competitive advantage. Another sector, textiles, is also an industrial group interest because while the US seeks the “elimination of tariffs on textile and apparel exports to TPP countries” through the TPP, it also threatens to destroy US manufacturing jobs, similarly to the effects of traded goods. Promoters of the TPP argue that the “yarn forward” rule of origin aspect, which requires that “textile and apparel products

services will be affected, countries have to consider both pros and cons of the agreement. For Vietnam, despite possible detriments due to IP protection, externalities, the partnership is generally beneficial as it significantly boosts Vietnam’s major export industries and increases the countries’ GDP in a short amount of time. Trans-Pacific Partnership is considered one of the most ambitious free trade agreements, involving 12 countries—Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico

In 2013 the total exports for India was at $313.2 billion whereas the import stood at $467.5 billion (CIA, 2014). India followed the Adam Smith model producing only what it was efficient at and imported the rest. There started a reversal in capital inflows which hit the export demand and posted a crunch in the domestic markets leading to a decline of more than 2% in India’s GDP in the fiscal year

Today, the UK exports 43% of it’s goods and services to the EU, and they currently have a £80 billion trade deficit specifically with the EU. A trade deficit is when a country receives more goods and services than it sends out, and is important because it is the additional

development. Throughout the 1920s, Australia placed a heavy reliance on agricultural exports. Fortunately due to high prices for wheat, wool, and dairy, along with substantial tariff protection, Australian exports were particularly competitive in the global market, which in turn saw significant economic growth within the economy (Schevdin, 1988). Australia’s main trading partner was the UK receiving around 35% of Australian exports and supplying approximately 40% of Australia’s imports (Payne & Uren). Further

industries which were heavily protected in the 1970s and 1980s continued to suffer unemployment rate increase and cannot compete in export