About International Trade
International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories. In most countries, such trade represents a significant share of gross domestic product.
Agoa Forum: Has the US trade pact benefited Africa?
![Agoa Forum: Has the US trade pact benefited Africa?](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8C4F/production/_131591953_gettyimages-463250444_afp976.jpg)
... 4bn, mostly oil, while Kenya came third with about $523m, according to statistics from the US International Trade Commission (ITC) and US Department of Commerce...
Big banks linked to products with pangolin and leopard parts
![Big banks linked to products with pangolin and leopard parts](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/11B3/production/_131513540_gettyimages-1276370504.jpg)
... Both are also listed on the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) treaty which prohibits international commercial trade in them and their parts, in a bid to ensure their survival in the wild is not threatened...
Angela Rayner handed new role as Keir Starmer reshuffles top team
![Angela Rayner handed new role as Keir Starmer reshuffles top team](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/15836/production/_130981188_starmerraynergetty.jpg)
... Nick Thomas-Symonds, whose International Trade brief was merged with the business department, has been handed a more junior role shadowing the Cabinet Office...
Turtle swept 4,000 miles to Wales flies home to Texas
![Turtle swept 4,000 miles to Wales flies home to Texas](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/12109/production/_130939937_tallycapture.jpg3.jpg)
... The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora () is an international agreement between governments...
UK inflation and interest rates high - how do other economies compare?
![UK inflation and interest rates high - how do other economies compare?](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7F06/production/_130481523_gettyimages-649370236.jpg)
... Also International Trade being slower to recover from that shock than it was in other major countries...
The tech flaw that lets hackers control surveillance cameras
![The tech flaw that lets hackers control surveillance cameras](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/F47B/production/_130178526_hikvision_getty.jpg)
... Hikvision cameras are used to monitor many government buildings too - in a single afternoon in central London, Panorama found them outside the Department for International Trade, the Department of Health, the Health Security Agency, Defra and an Army reserve centre...
Labour defends donations from Just Stop Oil backer Dale Vince
![Labour defends donations from Just Stop Oil backer Dale Vince](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1380B/production/_129938897_gettyimages-1436949809.jpg)
... Shadow International Trade secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said Labour had been " extremely clear on our views on Just Stop Oil"...
Ivory ban to extend to hippos and killer whales
![Ivory ban to extend to hippos and killer whales](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/DE76/production/_129805965_gettyimages-151551937.jpg)
... The five species are listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES), which regulates their trade internationally...