Cinikayyar waje ita ce dangantakar Dawla da sauran jihohi, al'ummomi da ƙasashe ta fuskar kasuwanci. A takaice, ita ce tafiyar da harkokin kasuwancin Al'umma ta fuskar waje. Wannan manufa ya kamata ta dogara ne akan ginshiƙai na musamman, kuma ya kamata a bi su. Ra'ayoyin al'ummomi game da cinikayyar waje sun bambanta bisa ga banbancin ra'ayoyinsu game da rayuwa, don haka kowace al'umma za ta ƙayyade dangantakarta da ƙasashen waje bisa haka. Ra'ayin al'umma game da cinikayyar waje zai kuma bambanta bisa ga ra'ayinta game da moriyar tattalin arzikinta, wanda aka sa a gaba don samun riba ta tattalin arziki.

Foreign trade is the relationship of the State with other states, peoples and nations from a commercial angle. In other words, it is the management of the Ummah’s commercial affairs from a foreign angle. This policy should be based on specific fundamentals, and it should adhere to. The nations’ viewpoints about foreign trade vary according to the various viewpoints they hold about life, and each nation would therefore determine her relationships with foreign nations accordingly. A nation’s viewpoint about foreign trade would also vary according to her viewpoint about her own economic interests, aimed at achieving economic gain.

Saboda haka mun lura cewa, ga 'yan Gurguzu, dangantakar cinikayya da ƙasashen waje tana kan ra'ayinsu na gurguzu game da bunkasa duniya. Domin, ko da yake suna lura da riba ta tattalin arziki, suna raba kayayyaki bisa ga ƙasashen da suke mu'amala da su. Misali, za su yi ƙoƙarin sayar wa Siriya kayan noma, taki, magunguna, kayan masana'antu don kera kayayyakin amfani kamar cuku da tufafi, da kuma kayan huɗa da makamantansu. A ra'ayinsu, wannan zai taimaka wajen ci gaba zuwa ga jari-hujja. Idan sun shigo da wasu kayayyaki, to za su shigo da waɗanda ke inganta samarwa da kuma waɗanda suke buƙata kawai, ko da yake wannan al'ada tana raguwa a halin yanzu. Wannan a zahiri ya saɓa da manufofin ƙasashen jari-hujja, kamar Birtaniya misali, wadda koyaushe take neman riba ta abin duniya, tana sanya ka'idar amfani a zuciyar manufofin cinikayyarta da ƙasashen waje. Za ta sayar da kayayyaki ga dukkan al'ummomi da ƙasashe muddin tana samun riba ta tattalin arziki. Amma game da manufar Amurka ta takaita cinikayya da Rasha da China ga wasu nau'ikan kayayyaki kawai da kuma hana sauran nau'ikan gaba ɗaya, wannan ba shi da alaƙa da ra'ayinta, face manufar yaƙinta. Wannan saboda tana ɗaukar waɗannan ƙasashe biyu a matsayin masu yiwuwar faɗa, duk da cewa ba sa yaƙi da ita a zahiri. Baya ga wannan, manufar cinikayyar Amurka tana kan ka'idar amfani.

We note therefore, that to the Socialists, the foreign trade relation is based on their Socialist viewpoint about developing the world. For, although they observe economic gains, they classify the commodities according to the countries they deal with. They would attempt to sell to Syria for instance, farming equipment, fertiliser, medicines, industrial equipment for manufacturing of consumable goods, such as cheese and clothing, as well as ploughing equipment and the like. This, in their view, would help the progress towards capitalism. If they imported any commodities, they would only import that which improves the production, and that which they need, although this practice is at present, diminishing. This in fact is in contrast to the policies of the capitalist countries, such as Britain for instance, who always looks for material gain, placing the concept of expediency at the heart of her foreign trade policy. She would sell commodities to all peoples and nations as long as it achieves economic gain. As for the American policy of restricting trading with Russia and China to specific types of commodities and of a total ban on other types, this is not related to the viewpoint, rather to her war policy. This is because she considers these two countries potentially belligerent states, even though they are not effectively at war with her. Apart from this, the American trade policy is based on expediency.

Sai dai masana tattalin arzikin Yammacin duniya sun riƙe ra'ayoyi daban-daban game da cinikayyar ƙasashen waje, saboda haka sai makarantu daban-daban na tunani suka fito, ga wasu daga cikinsu kamar haka: (duba talifi na gaba)

However, western economists have held different viewpoints about foreign trade and as a result, various schools of thought have emerged, some of these are the following: (check next article)