Cross a border with a shipment and the rules change instantly — that's the simplest way to see how international trade differs from anything happening inside a single country. Two or more states, each with its own geographic and political boundaries, a stack of trade barriers, regulations, laws and mechanisms all standing between buyer and seller: international trade covers the visible side of that — the tangible commodity flows moving through import and export between different parties — and just as much the invisible side, from international transport and insurance to international tourism, international banking, and the transfer of technology between countries. Read carefully, this constantly shifting activity even helps forecast what is coming next, since watching how local and international institutions have behaved across different historical periods says a lot about where business activity is headed.

Arab British Fellowship Training Academy built this course to walk participants through exactly what makes international trade different from trade within a single country.

What you'll understand after this course:

• Where international trade and domestic trade actually diverge, and how the world's division into independent states, plus currency differences and value between countries, shapes that divergence.
• How the availability of productive resources differs from one country to another, and how different economic systems either restrict or liberalise international trade.
• How a country's economic growth, and whether it is relatively rich or poor, feeds into its position in international trade.
• The practical differences between international and domestic markets — in form, content, the quality of dealings, and the procedures each one involves.

Who should attend:

• Those planning to work in import and export.
• Students of commercial colleges and institutes, and business management programmes.
• Anyone interested in e-commerce.
• Investors, office owners and capital owners.

Module 1: How International Markets Spread and What Drives Them

• The goals behind the spread of international markets.

Module 2: World Trade Fundamentals and the Steps Behind Every Deal

• The foundations and principles of world trade.
• The practical business steps taken in international trade.

Module 3: Mechanisms and Procedures Inside International Trade

• The mechanisms and procedures adopted within international trade operations.

Module 4: Distinctive Traits, Constraints and How to Assess Performance

• The elements and constraints that define the characteristics of international trade.
• How to assess and keep developing international trade business.