Differences and relations between international trade and e-commerce

1, different in nature: e-commerce is a business activity centered on commodity exchange by means of information network technology. International trade is a cross-border transaction of goods and services.

2. Different development directions: E-commerce is a direct product of the explosive development of the Internet and a brand-new development direction for the application of network technology. International trade is not.

3. Different forms of expression: International trade is the main form of interconnection among countries (or regions) on the basis of international division of labor, which reflects the economic interdependence of countries (or regions) in the world and consists of the sum of foreign trade of countries. E-commerce is usually based on client/server application mode in a wide range of business and trade activities around the world and in the open network environment of the Internet.

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Precautions:

1. Trade practitioners must know what different requirements the customs of relevant trading countries have for shipping-related documents, so as to adopt different trade methods and settlement methods for different countries. For example, countries in the Middle East, North America and Central and South America have close requirements for shipping documents.

2. Flexible modes of transportation can sometimes improve the speed and time of transportation and minimize the transportation cost as soon as possible. Such as sea-rail combined transport, sea-air combined transport, and rail-sea combined transport.

3. Each trader's requirements for the letter of credit ship certificate are often quite different, so mastering and applying the requirements for the ship certificate skillfully can avoid the fraud or malicious trap set by the other party in the trade process and avoid the occurrence of claims afterwards.

4. Choosing different carriers may have different transportation effects, and knowing some reliable carriers skillfully is also of great significance for accurately completing trade.

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