Balanced trade

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Balanced trade is an alternative economic model to free trade. Under balanced trade nations are required to provide a fairly even reciprocal trade pattern; they cannot run large trade deficits.

If deficits appear, the surplus nation must find a way to balance out trade or risk sanctions, fees, or quotas.

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Definitions

Balance of payments · Current account (Balance of trade) · Capital account · Foreign exchange reserves · Comparative advantage · Absolute advantage · Import substitution · International trade

Organizations & Policies

World Trade Organization · International Monetary Fund · World Bank · International Trade Centre · Trade bloc · Free trade zone · Trade barrier · Import quota · Tariff

Schools of Thought

Free trade · Balanced trade · Mercantilism · Protectionism

Related Issues

Globalization · Outsourcing · Trade justice and fair trade
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