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.navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a 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larger ones. In 2022, the most trade-dependent <a href="/wiki/OECD" title="OECD">OECD</a> member was <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>, where trade was worth 384% of <a href="/wiki/GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="GDP">GDP</a>, while the least trade-dependent was the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, where trade made up 26% of GDP.<sup id="cite_ref-oecd_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oecd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Free_trade">Free trade</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trading_nation&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Free trade"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Trading nations tend to favour <a href="/wiki/Free_trade" title="Free trade">free trade</a> and <a href="/wiki/Economic_integration" title="Economic integration">economic integration</a>, or at least seek <a href="/wiki/Market_access" title="Market access">market access</a> for their products (they may also seek some form of <a href="/wiki/Protectionism" title="Protectionism">protectionism</a> for their own industries). The most desired markets to access are the <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)" title="List of countries by GDP (nominal)">largest ones</a>. </p><p>In 2012, the Canadian news columnist <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Coyne" title="Andrew Coyne">Andrew Coyne</a> described countries with free trade with both the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> and the United States as a "select group" that includes <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a>. He described <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> as "buccaneering free traders" and the only countries to rival <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> in "scale and scope of the trade agreements" that they had signed (roughly 75% of Canada's trade is tariff-free). </p><p>South Korea has a free trade agreement with the United States and India and is negotiating with <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> and the European Union. Chile has free trade agreements with the United States, the European Union, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, China and Mexico but not <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> or South Korea. Singapore has agreements with the United States, Japan, India, China, and South Korea and is in negotiations with the European Union. Coyne argued that if Canada successfully completed agreements with the EU, China, and India, around 90% of Canada's trade would be tariff-free, and it would then make sense to unilaterally abolish any remaining tariffs.<sup id="cite_ref-nationalpost_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationalpost-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Small countries or <a href="/wiki/City-states" class="mw-redirect" title="City-states">city-states</a> that are extremely reliant on international trade are sometimes called <a href="/wiki/Entrep%C3%B4t" title="Entrep么t">entrep么ts</a>, which typically engaged in the <a href="/wiki/Re-export" class="mw-redirect" title="Re-export">re-export</a> of products produced elsewhere or finance and services (see <a href="/wiki/Offshore_financial_centre" title="Offshore financial centre">offshore financial centre</a>). Modern examples include <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dubai" title="Dubai">Dubai</a>. </p><p>Both developed and developing countries rely on trade. Many developing nations pursue a policy of <a href="/wiki/Export-oriented_industrialization" title="Export-oriented industrialization">export-oriented industrialization</a>, which they hope will lead to <a href="/wiki/Export-led_growth" class="mw-redirect" title="Export-led growth">export-led growth</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types">Types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trading_nation&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are three types of exporting economies: <a href="/wiki/Commodity" title="Commodity">commodity</a> exporters, manufacturing exporters, and services exporters. Most countries, however, do not fall purely in one category. </p><p>Commodity exporters include countries with large deposits of <a href="/wiki/Natural_resource" title="Natural resource">natural resources</a> or large amounts of <a href="/wiki/Arable_land" title="Arable land">farmland</a>, with populations too small to use all their own resources. The trade of many commodity exporters is dominated by a single commodity. Most <a href="/wiki/Least_developed_countries" title="Least developed countries">least developed countries</a> are reliant on agricultural exports. A 1998 statistical review by the <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization" title="Food and Agriculture Organization">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> showed that 32 developing countries relied on a single commodity for more than half of their agricultural export earnings.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Agricultural exporters are generally members of the <a href="/wiki/Cairns_Group" title="Cairns Group">Cairns Group</a>, a coalition of 19 countries that <a href="/wiki/Lobbying" title="Lobbying">lobby</a> for more market access. <a href="/wiki/Fossil_fuel_exporters" title="Fossil fuel exporters">Fossil fuel exporters</a>, such the <a href="/wiki/OPEC" title="OPEC">OPEC</a> countries, are an important and influential subset of commodity exporters. </p><p>Manufacturing exporters include many <a href="/wiki/Densely_populated" class="mw-redirect" title="Densely populated">densely populated</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_population_density" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density">countries</a> where human labour is the most important resource. They include wealthy countries such as Germany and Japan, as well as developing nations like China and India. </p><p>Services-exporting countries include hubs of international <a href="/wiki/Finance" title="Finance">finance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">tourism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Healthcare" class="mw-redirect" title="Healthcare">healthcare</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Education" title="Education">education</a>. Many <a href="/wiki/Developed_country" title="Developed country">highly developed countries</a> export services. </p><p>Some countries export all of commodities, manufactures, and services. For example, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> is regularly described as a trading nation as its total trade is worth more than two-thirds of its GDP (the second highest level in the <a href="/wiki/G7" title="G7">G7</a> after <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-oecd_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oecd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-google_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which includes all sectors of the economy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trading_nation&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_trade" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries by total trade">List of countries by total trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_exports_per_capita" title="List of countries by exports per capita">List of countries by exports per capita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_exports" title="List of countries by exports">List of countries by exports</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_imports" title="List of countries by imports">List of countries by imports</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trading_nation&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-oecd-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-oecd_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-oecd_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFOECD" class="citation web cs1">OECD. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.oecd.org/trade/trade-in-goods-and-services.htm#indicator-chart">"OECD Data"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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