Unit1 （课件）-《商务英语(外贸英语实务)》同步教学（大连理工大学出版社）

International Trade UNIT 1 Case Lead-in PART 1 Reading PART 2 Sample Conversations PART 3 Case Lead-in Part 1 　　A Chinese company A reached an agreement with a Japanese Company B on trading in 1,000 sets of bicycles. A drafted the contract in duplicate, stipulating the packing clause as “Packed in cartons”, and sent the contract to B. B countersigned the contract and added “C.K.D.” to the original packing clause, but A didn’t notice this. B applied for the opening of L/C according to the contract and A prepared documents required and got payment from the bank. After the arrival of the goods at the port of destination, B found that the bicycles were packed, not complete knocked down but in set, in the cartons, and thus the import duties increased by 20%. B refused to accept the consignment and asked for refund. What do you learn from this case? 　　International trade differs from domestic trade because it involves activities that take place across national borders. Special problems that are not normally experienced when trading at home may arise in international trade. In order to grasp the nature of international trade, it is necessary to have a general view of international trade including the reasons, benefits, problems and basic concepts. Reading Part 2 An Introduction to International Trade 　　International trade, also known as world trade, foreign trade or overseas trade, is the exchange of goods and services between countries. It embraces two basic elements. First, it is carried out between two or more nations. When trade is done beyond national frontiers, it is invariably subject to political, social, economic and environmental policies introduced by nations from time to time. Such policies have either somewhat encouraged or hampered the free flow of merchandise in international trade. The other factor is the use of different currencies with their inherent exchange rate differentials, affecting the balance of trade which produces favorable results in some coun