What is international trade?

You may have heard people talking about trade and tariffs recently.

Trading means countries can access all sorts of goods and services they would not otherwise have, as well as creating stronger relationships with one another.

Tariffs are a common tax in trade on goods from other countries, that are used by many different governments around the world.

We spoke to BBC business reporter Peter Ruddick to find out more about these things and why they're important.