International trade

International commerce occurs when two or more countries meet their respective needs and wants via the exchange of products, services, and capital across international boundaries and territories.

Such exchanges account for a significant portion of the GDP in the vast majority of nations. History is littered with examples of international trade routes (such as the Uttarapatha, Silk Road, Amber Road, race for Africa, Atlantic slave trade, and salt highways), but the significance of these routes to the global economy, society, and politics has only increased in the modern day.

Trading on a global scale is more difficult than doing it on a home one. Currency, government policies, economy, legal system, and markets are just few of the aspects that come into play when two or more states engage in trade.

Some international economic organisations, such as the World commerce Organisation, were founded to smooth and legitimise the process of commerce between nations of differing economic status in the contemporary period. Each of these groups has as its mission the promotion and improvement of international commerce. The official data on international commerce are published by statistical services of intergovernmental and supranational organisations and by government statistical agencies.