International trade

International trade

The buying and selling of goods, services and capital across international borders or territories.

Industry: Economy

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International trade

Swing

Economy; International trade

In textiles and clothing, when an exporting country transfers part of a quota from one product to another restrained product.

Special sessions

Economy; International trade

Meetings of WTO councils and committees focusing only on the Doha Development Agenda negotiations.

Specific tariff

Economy; International trade

A tariff rate charged as fixed amount per quantity such as $100 per ton.

HS 6-digit

Economy; International trade

The World Customs Organization's harmonised System (HS) uses code numbers to define products. A code with a low number of digits defines broad categories of products; additional digits indicate ...

Becoming a member of the WTO, signing on to its agreements. New members have to negotiate terms bilaterally with individual WTO members and multilaterally: (1) to convert the results of the bilateral ...