国际贸易双语教程课后题答案.doc

Unit 1A brief introduction to international trade Key I. Answer my questions 1. International trade is business whose activities involve t he crossing of national borders. It includes not only interna tional trade and foreign manufacturing but also passes t he growing services industry in areas such as transportation, tourism, banking, advertising, construction, retailing, whol esaling, and munications. It includes all business tr ansactions that involve two or more countries. Such business relationship may be private or governmental. 2. Sales expansion, resource acquisition and diversification of sales and supplies. 3. To gain profit. 4. To seej out foreign markets and procurement. 5. There are four major forms which are the following: Merchandise exports and Imports, Service Exports and Imports, Investment and Multinational Enterprise. 6. It is the account which isa summary statement of the flow of all international economic and financial transactions bet ween one nation ( United States ) and the rest of the w orld over some period of time, usually one year. 7. Merchandise Exporting and Importing. 8. Yes. There are great differences between them. 1) direct investment takes place when control follows the inv estment. It usually means mitment of capital, personn el, and technology abroad. It aims at gaining of foreign reso urces and foreign markets. Direct investment may often get hi gher foreign sales than exporting. And sometimes it involves two or more parties. 2) While portfolio investments are not under control. And the y are used primarily for financial purposes. Treasures panies, for example, routinely more funds from one country to another to get a higher yield on short term investments. 9. MNE is the abbreviation of the multinational enterprise. I ts synonyms are NNC (the multinational corporation) and TNC (transnational corporation). 10. Examples are travel, transport, fee, royalties, dividends and interest. 11. The choice of forms is influenced by