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per capita incomes and that intraindustry trade in manufactured goods should be common. CONOMIC SIMILARITY OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES: y y This theory suggests that intra-industry trade takes place between the countries with similar levels of development. According this theory, the companies that develop new products for the domestic market; export the products to those countries that are at similar level of development after meeting the needs of the domestic market. According to Linder, the similarities in consumer preferences in the countries that are at the same economic development provide the scope for intra-industry trade among countries. Example: India and China However mostly developing countries do not trade between themselves as the surplus of most of these countries would be raw materials and agricultural products and their requirements would be technology and high technology-oriented products. Example: Vietnam and Ethiopia.
Basis for trade among countries y y y 1) Similarity of location 2) Cultural similarity 3) similarity of political and economic interests
Countries prefer to export to the neighboring countries in order to have the advantages of less transportation cost. For example, Finland is a major exporter to Russia due to less transportation costs. Countries prefer to export to those countries having similar culture. For example, exports and imports among European countries, between USA and Canada, among the Asian countries, and among the Islamic Countries. Similar political interests close political relations and economic interests enable the countries to enter into agreements for exports and imports. Countries prefer to trade with their politically friendly countries. For example, India used to export to the former USSR. The enmity of the USA with Cuba resulted in the USA importing of sugar from Mexico by abandoning sugar import from Cuba.
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