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Trade LanesThe direction of trade, e.g. US to Europe.Trade Lanes Similar MatchesTradeTradeAn oral (or electronic) transaction involving one party buying a security from another party. Once a trade is consummated, it is considered "done" or final. Settlement occurs 1-5 business days later. Post trade benchmarksPost trade benchmarksPrices after the decision to trade. Balance of tradeBalance of tradeThe difference between a country's exports and imports over a given period of time.Exports and imports come in two kinds:Visible: products and goodsInvisible: intangible servicesThe UK's invisible earnings from financial services are an important part of its international trade and go some way to making up for deficits on the visible side. Free trade areaFree trade areaA group of countries that adopt free trade (zero tariffs and no other restrictions on trade) on trade among themselves, while not necessarily changing the barriers that each member country has on trade with the countries outside the group. Trade creationTrade creationTrade that occurs between members of a preferential trading arrangement that replaces what would have been production in the importing country were it not for the PTA. Associated with welfare improvement for the importing country since it reduces the cost of the imported good. Concept due to Viner (1950). Further SuggestionsReciprocal trade agreementTrade minister Horizontal intraindustry trade Trade triangle Favorable trade balance Risk return tradeoff Basket trades Tradepoint Investment Exchange Registered options trader Terms of trade argument Foreign trade zone Commodity pattern of trade Trade credit European Free Trade Association Real trade Trade intensity index Trade-weighted average tariff Strategic trade policy argument for a tariff Bilateral trade Floor trader Trade on the wire Trade in services SEAQ trade Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act Trade reporting |
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