GBM 381- International Trade International Financial Organizations

Discusses international financial organizations.

Julian Cooper
Contributor
4.1
56
10 months ago
Preview (4 of 13 Pages)
100%
Log in to unlock

Page 1

GBM 381- International Trade International Financial Organizations - Page 1 preview image

Loading page ...

International Financial OrganizationsGBM 381-International TradeConsidering Poland's natural resources, trade position, and currency fluctuations, how dointernational financial organizations like the World Trade Organization (WTO) and theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) facilitate global trade for countries like Poland, and whatrole do these organizations play in addressing the challenges associated with Poland’s trade andcurrency issues?Word Count Requirement:Your response should be between 800 and 1000 words.

Page 2

GBM 381- International Trade International Financial Organizations - Page 2 preview image

Loading page ...

Page 3

GBM 381- International Trade International Financial Organizations - Page 3 preview image

Loading page ...

International Financial OrganizationsGetting into the global trade market requires a lot of measures, and can be challenging for a lotof nations. At first, a nation should concentrate on the manufacturing, processing of naturalresources, or manufacture of items. As soon as a product is discovered, a target market should befound out in which the items can be bought and sold freely. Buying and selling however happensat a price. Funding trade can often bedifficult;however fortunately, a lot of companies are therewhich can offer help.Natural Resources-PolandJust like any nation, a great deal of natural resources can assist build an economy. Inside ofPoland, the mining sector has been an integral part of the country’s history with proof of miningdating back to three thousand five hundred BC (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2011). The nationcarried on the mining custom all through the forthcoming centuries using a big rise at the changeof the eighteenth century. During the mid-20th century, after the First World War, the nation'sboundaries changed, and a lot of what the nation was mining was lost. But, the change inboundaries also opened up alternatives of other mining activities inside the country.Among the biggest deposits of minerals inside the country is tough, as well as dark brown coal.Following the First World War boundary change, Poland received huge coal reserves insideLower and upper Silesia. These types of reserves are believed to include a lot more than 45.4billion tons of coal, which at the present rate of over 100 million tons of coal for each year willcontinue to be viable for almost five centuries (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2011). The coal isutilized mainly for electrical power inside the country, with several million tons for each yearavailable in reserve for export.Trading Position-Poland

Page 4

GBM 381- International Trade International Financial Organizations - Page 4 preview image

Loading page ...

Poland is near geographically to Germany, France, as well as the Netherlands. These types ofdeveloped nations are abundant with money, sophisticated technologies as well as farming, butdon't possess the large quantity of natural resources such as Poland. Provided the geographiccloseness as well as the possible comparative benefits Poland has over these countries in theoutput of coal, sulfur, and copper industries, there might be a change in Poland’s existing tradingrole with these countries.Besides the fact that Poland has huge resources of coal, sulfur, as well as copper, its agriculturefield remains one of the minimum productive fields of the Polish economic system, engaging13.3% of the labor force while adding lower than 4% to the gross domestic product (GDP) for2009 (U.S. Department Of State Bureau Of European And Eurasian Affairs Republic of Poland,2011). As per Salvatore (2005), under the rules of comparative advantage, a nation mustconcentrate on the manufacturing of the item, resources, or services in which its real advantage ismore compared to its absolute advantage linked with another item, resource, or service. Providedhow unproductive Poland is in the agriculture field, it must turn to a trade partner to optimize itseconomic production. For instance, France is the world's second-largest agriculturalmanufacturer, with the location of 70% of its exports is to other European Union membercountries (U.S. Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs French Republic,2011). Poland would be much better served to concentrate on the output of coal, sulfur, andcopper as well as search to import agricultural items from France.Foreign Exchange-PolandThe Polish Zloty has got an openly floating currency rate (“U.S. Department of State Bureau OfEuropean And Eurasian Affairs, Background Note: Poland", 2011 and “Official PromotionalWebsite of the Republic of Poland”, 2011) which leads to variations of the worth of the Zloty incomparison to other international currencies. For instance, the Polish economy was rising into2008 prior to the international financial crisis hit. But, following the downfall of LehmanBrothers during September of that year, the Polish Zloty got a substantial hit and by the finish ofthat year, the Polish zloty had dropped approximately 50% of its value versus the United Statesdollar and 35% versus the Euro (“U.S. Department Of State Bureau Of European And Eurasian
Preview Mode

This document has 13 pages. Sign in to access the full document!