Ireland exported €215 billion worth of goods in 2019. The government acknowledges the importance of EU membership as a factor of the country’s exporting success.
Questions 1. What products might Ireland export?
2. What are the benefits of exporting? 3. What might be the drawbacks of exporting?
1 Globalisation
Globalisation is the process of interaction and integration among individuals, organisations/ businesses and governments worldwide.
Globalisation describes countries coming together to create one global economy, making international trade easier.
National companies can develop into multinational companies (MNCs), or transnational companies (TNCs), with subsidiaries (branches) all over the world. This expansion of international markets can allow the free movement of goods, services, labour and capital, resulting in a very large, single world global market. Coca-Cola is a prime example of a company that treats the world as a single global market.
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Coca-Cola in Hong Kong is the same as Coca-Cola in Dublin.