3. WTO Statistics
World merchandise trade and trade in commercial services by region and selected
economy, 2008
Shares of regional trade flows in world merchandise exports, 2008
Leading exporters and importers in world merchandise trade, 2008
World merchandise imports by region and selected economy, 1948, 1953, 1963, 1973,
1983, 1993, 2003 and 2008
World merchandise exports by region and selected economy, 1948, 1953, 1963, 1973,
1983, 1993, 2003 and 2008
7. Conditioning Variables
Product Specific Variable – that confer competitive advantages for
the foreign investor
•R & D
•Product Differentiation
•Product processing
•Management Skills
•Know-how
• Economies of scale
8. Conditioning Variables
Country Specific features – that helps to sustain competitive
advantages of the firms
• Economic Size of the market
• Nature of domestic competition
• Resource scarcity
• Surplus
10. Motivational variables
Measures that motivate towards building Competitive Strategy
• Market Seeking – Horizontal/forward integration
• Resource-seeking - vertical/backward integration
• Production efficiency- lower resource cost
• Technology-seeking-access to foreign technology or skilled labor
• Risk Avoidance- minimizing quantum or probability of losses
11. Control variables
That comprise administrative actions-policies of home and
host governments that directly or indirectly influence
international business through +ive incentives and/or –ive
controls.
12. Influence on Variables
The organisation perceives the conditioning
variables(opportunities for competitive
advantage), respond appropriately(motivation
variable-competitive strategy) but has no
influence over the control variables.
13. It describes any government policy or regulation that restricts
international trade.
A trade bloc is a type of intergovernmental agreement, often
part of a regional intergovernmental organization, where
regional barriers to trade (tariffs and non-tariff barriers) are
reduced or eliminated among the participating states.
Trade Barrier
15. Impact of Trade Barriers
Direct Effects
• Decline in Consumption
• Increased Domestic Production
• Decline in Imports
• Tariff Revenue
16. Indirect Effect
• Inflation
• Special interests’ privileges
• Government control and political considerations in
economic matters
• Balance-of-payments positions
• Supply-and-demand patterns
• International relations (~trade wars)
Impact of Trade Barriers
17. Other Impacts:
• Manufacturer’ supply sources
• Choices available to consumers
• Competition
• Impact On Income Distribution
Impact of Trade Barriers
19. Why Protection?
Countries use protectionist measures to shield a
country’s markets from intrusion by foreign
competition and imports. Protectionism contributes to
industrial inefficiency and makes a nation
uncompetitive.
Protectionism is implemented through the imposition
of trade barriers, which include tariff barriers and non-
tariff barriers.
20. Case for Protection
Military Self-Sufficiency
Increase Domestic Employment
Diversification-For-Stability
Infant-Industry Argument
Strategic Trade Policy
Protection-Against-Dumping
21. Increase of business size
Retaliation and bargaining
Need to keep money at home
Encouragement of capital accumulation
Maintenance of standard of living and real wages
Conservation of natural resources
Industrialization of a low-wage nation
Case for Protection
22. Trade Liberalisation
Trade liberalization refers to the removal of
government incentives and restrictions from trade
between nations.
Trade liberalisation driven by macroeconomic policies
and economic reforms, including Structural
Adjustment programmes.
What are + and – of TL?