Principles of international business transactions / by Ralph H. Folsom, Michael Wallace Gordon, John A. Spanogle, Jr
Imprint
St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2010
Edition
2nd ed
Descript
xxi, 813 p. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
International sales law -- Commercial terms -- Bills of lading -- Sales agent and distributorship agreements -- Countertrade agreements -- Documentary letters of credit - - Standby letters of credit -- International electronic commerce -- An introduction to the WTO, IMF and U.S. trade authorities -- United States tariffs and duty free imports -- Customs classification, valuation and origin -- Antidumping duties -- Subsidies and countervailing duties -- United States import controls and nontariff trade barriers -- Escape clause proceedings; Trade adjustment assistance -- The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and illegal payments abroad -- United States export controls - - United States boycott and anti-boycott law -- United States Section 301 proceedings : Super 301 and Special 301procedures -- Antitrust laws (U.S. and Europe) -- Free trade agreements of the United States -- Franchising and trademark licensing -- Patent and knowhow licensing -- Counterfeit, infringing and gray market imports : United States Section 337 proceedings -- Introduction to foreign direct investment -- Investing in Europe -- Investing in NAFTA -- OPIC and MIGA investment insurance -- Expropriation of an investment -- International business litigation -- International commercial arbitration