You should be acquainted with laws when you are planning to do an international trade.
The basic international trade laws relate to subsidies and tariffs and in other forms of trade protection which is not fairly advantage particular countries in trade relationships. The World Trade Organization established in 1995 and represents many important developments in the international trade law history. Prior to this there were the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) made the relation between two countries.
Due to economic liberalism, the international trade law has been originated and developed in the United States and Europe in the 18th century. The main role of WTO is to prevent unfair trading practices like tariffs dumping and subsidies and some aspects of human rights. The world trade organization is a center of the completion and negotiations of agreements like TRIPS (Trade related Intellectual Property Rights).
Tariff and Subsidies: As we all know that tariff is economic charges by the regulations of government and imposed by national government that makes importing a product into the country more expensive. It is a disadvantages in import as it make the product cost much higher than the local competitor. And the subsidy is the payment that is made by the national government to support local industries to make the product cheaper to the customer or consumer. And this is another sort of trade protection by the national government.
If you are planning to do marketing globally then you have to be aware about the basic of international trade law. And you may contact with an international law firm. And it will also be better to hire an attorney who is qualified and experienced in handling such issues.
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Nancy on April 28th 2010