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1、InternationalBusinessEnglish国际商务英语Lesson1InternationalBusiness第一课国际商务*Internationalbusinessreferstotransactionbetweenpartiesfromdifferentcountries.Sometimesbusinessacrossthebordersofdifferentcustomsareasofthesamecountryisalsoregardedasimportandexport,suchasbusinessbetweenHon
2、gKongandTaiwan.*Internationalbusinessinvolvesmorefactorsandthusismorecomplicatedthandomesticbusiness.Thefollowingaresomemajordifferencesbetweenthetwo.1).Thecountriesinvolvedoftenhavedifferentlegalsystems,andoneormorepartieswillhavetoadjustthemselvestooperateincompliancewitht
3、heforeignlaw.2).Differentcountiesusuallyusedifferentcurrenciesandthepartiesconcernedwillhavetodecidewhichcurrencytouseanddoeverythingnecessaryasregardsconversionetc.Uncertaintiesandevenrisksareofteninvolvedintheuseofaforeigncurrency.3).Culturaldifferencesincludinglanguage,cu
4、stoms,traditions,religion,value,behaviouretc.oftenconstitutechallengesandeventrapsforpeopleengagedininternationalbusiness.4).Countriesvaryinnaturalandeconomicconditionsandmayhavedifferentpoliciestowardsforeigntradeandinvestment,makinginternationalbusinessmorecomplexthandomes
5、ticbusiness.*Withthedevelopmentofeconomicglobalisation,fewpeopleorcompaniescancompletelystayawayfrominternationalbusiness.Someknowledgeinthisrespectisnecessarybothforthebenefitofenterprisesandpersonaladvancement.*Internationalbusinessfirsttooktheformofcommoditytrade,i.e.expo
6、rtingandimportinggoodsproducedormanufacturedinonecountryforconsumptionorresaleinanother.Thisformoftradeisalsoreferredtoasvisibletrade.Lateradifferentkindoftradeintheformoftransportation,communication,banking,insurance,consulting,informationetc.graduallybecamemoreandmoreimpor
7、tant.Thistypeoftradeiscalledinvisibletrade.Today,thecontributionofserviceindustriesofthedevelopedcountriesconstitutesover60%oftheirgrossdomesticproductsandaccountforanincreasingproportionofworldtrade.*Anotherimportantformofinternationalbusinessissupplyingcapitalbyresidentsof
8、onecountrytoanother,knownasinternationalinvestments.Suchinvestmentscanbecla
