International Trade Barriers

Abstract

nternational trade is the exchange of capital
 , goods
 , 
and services
 such trade represents a significant part of gross domestic product
 across international borders
 , 
and because  
(GDP) of one country, we are convinced that 
making it free ,can cause economic growth. So international trade can increase the productivity, reduce poverty, 
product’s price changes, can effect on unemployment rate, can cause increasing of government’s revenue, 
encourages the allocation of resources etc. Even though the partners that take part into the international trade 
can benefit in different ways and degrees depending on the specific conditions of each of them, different authors 
have written about the advantages that this activity can bring. 
At the other side  a trade barrier is considered anything that makes trade difficult or sometimes impossible to 
happen. Trade barriers have a negative effect on exporters and importers resulting in higher prices. In this paper 
will be identified the positive and negative effects of international trade barriers  between countries, the reasons 
of imposing this barriers ,political and economical arguments in favor of them etc. For example tariffs, quotas and 
non-tariff  barriers can be  used to protect domestic industry from foreign competition, but we know that the 
global trend in recent years has been to eliminate this barriers with the implementation of several free trade 
agreements. 
Albania is considered a developing country with a high rate of unemployment people and a low income per 
person, and the stimulation of international trade  effects several economic activities and can increase 
employment.