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Monday 11 June 2012

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Q.31. Define the following terms INTERNATIONAL TRADE
International trade refers to that trade that take place between a country and a number of countries of the world. In other words we can say that all the trading activities that take place across the national boundaries is called International or Foreign trade. It is effect is called balance of payments.
INTERNAL TRADE
Internal or Domestic or inter-regional trade is the trade between different regions in the same country. We can also say that all the trading activities that take place within a country is called Internal trade.
ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE
A country due to its most favourable geographical conditions may have an advantage in the production of a particular commodity over other countries. This advantage is known as absolute advantage for that country over rest of the world. The absolute advantage results in a regular inflow and outflow of goods which gives rise to International Trade.
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
When a country has an advantage of production and move than one commodity it prefers to produce only one commodity that is more advantageous for other. This advantage is calculated by comparing the different commodities that how much they paying commodity is selected and the country goes for specializing. This is known as comparative advantage.

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