Unintentional Trade Barriers

Cattle Carrying Goods

Ship Delivering Goods

One of the first barriers in the trading industry was transportation.  The lack of fast and efficient transportation methods to distribute goods and services was a great problem when exporting and importing goods.  As time passed and technology advanced ships, airplanes and cargo vehicles became available to make trading easier.

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One good example of a natural disaster was the Japanese Earthquake in 2011.  Many of Japan's export deadlines were hard to keep because of lack of resources and the lack of venues to transport them as well.  The importing of goods wasn't exactly affected because their biggest imports from the United States are machinery and cereal, which are items that their need for them should increase after the earthquake.

Japanese 2011 Earthquake

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Another issue that the trading industry faces is in language, education, culture, regulations and many laws concerning trade.  Political issues can create barriers depending on each country's rules and regulations on trade and the type of goods and services that they allow to come in.  Health outbreaks, foodborne illness can become a great concern in any country importing food.  This is because these goods could be contaminated and that can quickly spread across many different nations.

September 11th was and is a great example of war on terror trade barrier. This was an event that affected the whole world because it created panic and slowed down trading globally.  Countries like the U.S. started taking extra precautions in safety to make sure that their imports and exports were delivered to their destination without anymore catastrophies.  This in turn has caused many delays in trading globally.

Investments in stocks went down dramatically and in turn many nations, as well as the economy were on hold. Many wondered what to do next and how to be prepare if anything like this  attack happened again. 

In conclusion, no country, nation or government can predict Unintentional Trade Barriers.  Everybody can prepare and have resources ready for a catastrophy but nobody can know the magnitude of it and how it will affect the recipients.

September 11th War on Terror

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Reference:  Robert J. Carbaugh 13th edition
www.dailyfinance.com/2011/3/14/Japan-earthquake-u-s-economy