1. International Trade Barriers.
Trade Barrier - Anything that prevents travel, trade, or ideas from spreading
Physical Barriers - Natural or man-made obstacles.
Political Barriers – differences among people that prevent trade.
Economic Barriers – financial policies.
Others

2. Physical Barriers
Mountains
Deserts
Water
Walls

3. Political Barriers Government types Religious differences
Cultural beliefs
No Established Relationship
Disagreement Between Nations (Wars)
Corruption/unstable

4. Economic Barriers
Tariff – Taxes placed by a government on goods entering or leaving a country
Quotas – Limiting the amount of products that can come into a country
Embargo – official prohibition by a government of ocean trade into and out of its ports. Any restraint imposed on commerce by law

5. Economic Barriers (Continued)
Currency – Money is different for each nation and must be exchanged to be used; strength of currency.

6. Others
Isolationism
Trade treaty/Organization
No goods to trade!