Course 3 Unit 27 MacKenzie

visible trade (GB) or merchandise trade (US)

trade in goods

invisible imports and exports

trade in services (banking, insurance, tourism, and so on)

barter or counter-trade

direct exchanges of goods, without the use of money

balance of trade

the difference between what a country receives and pays for its exports and imports of goods

balance of payments

the difference between a country's total earnings and its total expenditure on imports

autarky

the (impossible) situation in which a country is completely self-sufficient and has no foreign trade

surplus

a positive balance of trade or payments

deficit

a negative balance of trade or payments

dumping

selling goods abroad at (below) cost price

protectionism

imposing trade barriers in order to restrict imports

tariffs

taxes charged on imports

quotas

quantitative limits on the import of particular products or commodities