As global trade increases, many goods including those we use on a daily basis are produced in other countries and have to be transported long distance. Do the benefits of this trend outweigh the drawbacks?

Due to the increase in globalization, it has become a trend to import the
products
of daily usage from other
countries
even though these
products
have to travel longer
distances
.
Although
it has some advantages I believe
this
move of transporting the
products
from remote
distances
have more disadvantages
such
as heavy transportation cost and obsolete of local
products
. On the one hand, the
products
that are being transported from long
distances
have some advantages. The main benefit is that people can buy the branded
products
locally, without travelling to the host
countries
. In
this
way, they can rely on those
products
because many people have used those
goods
internationally before arriving at international markets.
For instance
, iPhone is the product of the USA but millions of consumers use that because of the reliability of the product. Another factor is that international trade can increase the revenue for host
countries
. They can export the
products
to those
countries
that are not able to produce
such
products
and generate excessive income.
On the other hand
, transportation of
goods
to longer
distances
have several disadvantages.
Firstly
, the heavy incurred costs, resulting in costly
products
for other nations.
For example
, a t-shirt that costs PKR 1000 in Pakistan can cost up to 200 USD in the USA due to handling charges.
Secondly
, consumers can turn to foreign
products
which means obsolete local
products
.
As a result
, many local businesses have to shut their stores because of
this
trend which can increase the poverty in that country.
Furthermore
, transportation of the perishable
products
to remote areas has to be done after freezing the subject
goods
.
This
could have negative effects on the health of the users. To conclude,
although
internationally transported
goods
have some benefits I believe drawbacks outweighs the benefits. The overall impact on cost, local
products
and health cannot be ignored and it could even put more pressure on governments who rely heavily on global trade.
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