---
title: "SSEIN1: International Trade and Barriers (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSEIN1
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSEIN1
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
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# SSEIN1: International Trade and Barriers

Explain the benefits of international trade and the role of trade barriers.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSEIN1a**: Explain how nations benefit when they specialize in producing goods and services in which they have a comparative advantage.
- **SSEIN1b**: Explain how trade barriers create costs and benefits to consumers and producers over time.
- **SSEIN1c**: Analyze Georgia’s role in the international economy (i.e. the ports of Savannah and Brunswick, the Northeast inland port, the presence of multinational corporations in the state, and the impact of trade on the state’s economy).

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.