What Is Trade? (Economics in Action)

This book carefully explains how countries around the world engage in trade. Whether it is a detailed description of how countries negotiate trade agreements, how countries use tariffs to make buyers want to buy locally produced goods, or the extremes of using trade embargoes as political tools, this book provides essential information with plenty of full-color images to help explain the basics…

Let's reuse!

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780736863254

Collation

24 pages : illustration ; 18 cm

Series Title

Caring for the earth

Call Number

363.7 NEL

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