International Trade Geography (Third Edition)

Author: Zhu Xianru
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: International Trade Geography is a discipline that studies the geographical distribution and connections between commodity markets in various countries and regions, as well as the factors influencing commodity production and market changes. It emerged alongside the rise of China's foreign trade and has flourished together with it as a brand-new field. It is a branch of economic geography, falls under departmental geography, and is an interdisciplinary science between geography and natural, socio-economic, and other disciplines. Through the study of International Trade Geography, we can gain a comprehensive understanding of China's import and export commodity structure, as well as the distribution and changes in trade markets, laying a foundation for research and work in foreign economic and trade. Therefore, International Trade Geography is a fundamental course for foreign trade colleges and related institutions offering international trade programs, serving as an indispensable basic knowledge course for cultivating foreign economic and trade professionals. It is guided by Marxism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, and the important thought of "Three Represents," based on world physical geography and political economy, with world economic geography as its core content, and possesses distinct characteristics. International Trade Geography is undoubtedly the "forerunner" of foreign trade negotiations, as only by knowing oneself and the enemy can one achieve victory in battle.