摘要: |
Anyone familiar with the business of shipping will know that the laws of comparative advantage play a significant part in the flow of goods between nations. It is driven by a country's ability to provide products and services that it can produce better than other countries, without losing out on the goods that it does not produce so well. It can then import these other goods from countries. In this way, all players benefit from cooperation and trade and stronger sales margins are realized. This rule has governed international trade since countries started buying and selling commodities-starting from Southeast Asia to the European spice trade in the 1500s, to the east to west finished clothing trade in the 20th century embedded by the event of containerization. |