The empirical results show that there is a long-run relationship between economic growth and foreign direct investment among other variables. Generally, countries which trade more have been seen to have a high growth path, some of which has been attributed to trade. The relationship between trade and economic growth has continued to dominate the debate in trade and development economics. I use a ... of economic growth besides international trade and openness. One of the leadinggrowtheconomiststoday,RobertBarro,elicitedthesedeterminants in his 1996 paper, Determinants of Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Relationship between International Trade and Economic Growth: A Cointegration Analysis for Zimbabwe Gwaindepi Caleb University of Limpopo, P Bag X1106, Sovenga, 0727, South Africa Email: gwaindepi@gmail.com Musara Mazanai Monash South Africa (A Campus of Monash University, Australia), 144 Peter Road, Ruimsig, 1724 Email: jilgram@yahoo.com Impact of international trade.pdf.

developments inside the international trade theory, has allowed us to obtain a better understanding of the relation between economic growth and international trade. Keywords: economic growth, international trade, endogenous growth, comparative advantages, developed countries, less developed countries. The relationship between trade and economic growth has continued to dominate the debate in trade and development economics. exposure to explore the relationship between these two variables.