One impact of international trade is its effect on the economy of the nations engaging in the trade. This effect is felt by both less developed and more developed nations. More developed countries benefit by purchasing raw materials and finished products from less developed countries. Less developed countries gain by getting much needed financial resources from the trade. For instance, some developing countries in Africa and the Middle East have some natural resources like crude oil, metals and precious stones that they can sell to other countries in exchange for financial resources. Indeed, the economies of some of these countries are dependent on the financial resources. Most developed countries that do not have resources like crude oil depend, to a large extent, on the supplies from these nations.