International Trade and Capital Flows

These pages cover the trade and capital-flow terms that connect global markets to cross-border investment and currency demand.

The subsection is deliberately narrow so trade-policy pages do not crowd FX quote and currency-regime pages.

In this section

• Free Trade Area
  An in-depth exploration of Free Trade Areas, their historical context, key events, benefits, examples, and much more.
• Free Trade Zone
  A Free Trade Zone (FTZ) is a designated area where goods can be imported, stored, and processed with reduced customs regulations to encourage economic activity.
• North American Free Trade Agreement
  In-depth exploration of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), its historical context, key provisions, economic impacts, and its replacement, the USMCA.
• Repatriation
  An in-depth analysis of repatriation, the process of converting foreign currency into a local currency, including mechanisms, examples, historical context, and related terms.
• Short-Run Capital Movements
  Movements of capital between countries which can be quickly reversed, often involving liquid assets and influenced by interest rates, exchange rate expectations, and political instability.