Abstract
This research looks into the reasons that lead us to believe that international trade positively and negatively affects our economy. It gives examples of how global businesses use international trade to help them provide better services. It also provides the reader with an understanding of how international trade can increase capita per household. The paper also defines the argument that people not in favor of international trade frequently have.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE’S POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY Many have questioned over the years if international trade was truly helping the United States domestic economy or destroying it. Trade certainly has its way of bringing countries together and in the process it also provides an easier mean for companies to get the supplies that they need. However, it also tends to outsource jobs to other countries which take away from our country’s economy in a way. I am going to discuss the positive effects of international trade that help develop our country, and the negative effects of trade that give our country a disadvantage, the arguments between both sides, and then I am going to decide in my opinion whether international trade is advantageous for our economy or disadvantageous. Before discussing the effects on International trade is important to visit the background of why countries need to trade in the first place. Domestically countries cannot produce every item that they may need all by themselves. For example, a United States restaurant specializes in spicy food such as hot wings, in order for them to make the best spiciest hot wings they need peppers that provide a good kick. The United States climate isn’t the most ideal area for farmers to grow these peppers. Therefore the United States has to import these peppers from a country closer to the equator that provides a