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International economics
International trade theories, policies, finances and their effects on economic activities.
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Global Trade Information Services
Economy; International economics
A subscription service that describes itself as "the leading supplier of international merchandise trade data. "
Gold exchange standard
Economy; International economics
A monetary system that sought to restore features of the Gold Standard in the 1920s and again in the Bretton Woods System, while economising on gold. Instead of money being backed directly by gold, ...
Gold standard
Economy; International economics
A monetary system in which both the value of a unit of the currency and the quantity of it in circulation are specified in terms of gold. If two currencies are both on the gold standard, then the ...
Good
Economy; International economics
A product that can be produced, bought, and sold, and that has a physical identity. Sometimes said, inaccurately, to be anything that "can be dropped on your foot" or, also inaccurately, to be ...
Government budget
Economy; International economics
1. An itemised accounting of the payments received by government (taxes and other fees) and the payments made by government (purchases and transfer payments). 2. The net inflow (surplus) or outflow ...
Grandfather clause
Economy; International economics
A provision in an agreement, including the GATT but not the WTO, that allows signatories to keep certain of their previously existing laws that otherwise would violate the agreement.
Gravity model
Economy; International economics
A model of the flows of bilateral trade based on analogy with the law of gravity in physics: ''T ij '' = ''AY i Y j /D ij '' , where ''T ij '' is exports from country ''i'' to country ''j'', ''Y ...
