【正确答案】：Advantages: With barter, debt or nations can continue to import goods while concealing export earnings from creditors. Countries that lack expertise in international marketing can find access to the network of global firms.
Disadvantages: With barter, the manufacturers of poor products are not encouraged to better their products or improve their competitive power. Barter is likely to bring about high cost of transaction, since buyers have to resell these goods that they don’t need by intermediaries.
【题目解析】：易货的优点：在以物易物的情况下，债务或国家可以继续进口货物，同时对债权人隐瞒出口收入。缺乏国际营销专业知识的国家可以找到进入全球公司网络的途径。易货的缺点：不鼓励劣质产品的制造商改进他们的产品或提高他们的竞争力。易货很可能会带来较高的交易成本，因为买家不得不通过中间商转售这些他们不需要的商品。
在以物易物的情况下，债务或国家可以继续进口货物，同时对债权人隐瞒出口收入。缺乏国际营销专业知识的国家可以找到进入全球公司网络的途径。