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estment (FDI) ? Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is the buying of permanent property and business in foreign nations. Indirect investment (portfolio ) ? 直接投資 (direct investment),是指以取得或擁有公司、企業(yè)法人或非法人團(tuán)體,或者以直接參與其經(jīng)營(yíng)管理為直接目的國(guó)際投資;間接投資(indirect investment),是指僅以取得利息或股息等形式的資本增殖為直接目的的國(guó)際投資。 國(guó)際貿(mào)易實(shí)務(wù) International Trade Practices 馬敏 大連大學(xué)英語學(xué)院 Unit One An lntroduction to lnternational Trade Why do countries trade ? 1. Resource reasons 2. Economic reasons 3. Preference reasons 4. Other reasons 1. Resource reasons No nation has all of the modities it needs: Some are rich in: CopperPeru, Zaire DiamondsSouth Africa PetroleumMiddle East Some lack : Japanminerals Russialight industrial products the United Statescoffee 2. Economic reasons 1. A country often does not have enough of a particular item to meet its needs。 . the United Statessugar 2. One country can sell or produce some items at a lower cost than other countries: . Japanradios and television sets ? the Theory of Comparative Advantage (相對(duì)優(yōu)勢(shì)論) 3. Preference reasons Foreign trade takes place because of innovation or style: . the United States also imports cars from Japan,Germany ,Sweden and other countries. . invisible trade visible trade 4. Other reasons Invisible Trade 1) Transportation and munication .. Greece, Norway large maritime fleets Invisible Trade 2) Insurance .. Greet Britainleading exporter of this service 3) Tourism .. Thailand, Bahamas, Singapore, Malaysia Invisible Trade 4) Commissions and Salaries (money paid to engineers, supervisors and skilled workers from other countries) Invisible Trade ? .. Kuwait, Afghan, Iraq the reconstruction of their countries after the war ? Chinathe construction of the Three Ges Hydroelectric Power Station Invisible Trade 5) Immigrant Remittances ? . .in the United Statsimmigrants send money to families in the old countries ? formerly millions of workers from southern Europe h