INTERNATIONAL FINANCE: The economic interaction among different nations involving the monetray payments and the exchange of currency. The cornestone of international finance is foreign exchange, including foreign exchange markets and exchange rates. International trade, the study of trade between nations, is a related area of international economics. A summary of international trade undertaken by a particular nation is given with the balance of payments. See also | international economics | international trade | balance of payments | foreign exchange | foreign exchange market | exchange rate |