Preface
1 International Trade
1.1 International Trade Growth
1.2 International Trade Mile-stones
1.3 Largest Exporting and Importing Countries
1.4 International Trade Drivers
1.5 International Trade Theories
1.6 The International Business Environment
2 International Supply Chain Man-agement
2.1 Historical Development
2.2 Logistics and Supply Chain Management
2.3 Elements of International Logistics
2.4 The Economic Importance ofLogistics
2.5 International Reverse Logistics
3 International Infrastructure
3.1 Definitions
3.2 Transportation Infrastructure
3.3 Communication Infrastructure
3.4 Utilities Infrastructure
3.5 Services Infrastructure
3.6 Legal and Regulatory Infrastructure
4 International Methods of Entry
4.1 Entry Strategy Factors
4.2 Indirect Exporting
4.3 ActiveExporting
4.4 Production Abroad
4.5 Parallel Imports
4.6 Counterfeit Goods
4.7 Other Issues in Methods of Entry
5 International Contracts
5.1 Lex Mercatoria
5.2 International Sales ContractsandtheCISG
5.3 Agency versus Distributor-shipLegalIssues
5.4 Elements ofan Agency or Distributor Contract
5.5 Termination
5.6 Arbitration
5.7 Mediation
6 Terms of Trade or Incoterms Rules
6.1 International CommerceTerms
6.2 Understanding Incoterms Rules
6.3 Incoterms Rule Strategy
6.4 Ex-Works(EXW)
6.5 Free Carrier (FCA)
6.6 CarriagePaidTo(CPT)
6.7 Carriage and Insurance PaidTo(CIP)
6.8 Delivered At Terminal (DAT)
6.9 Delivered At Place (DAP)
6.10 Delivered Duty Paid (DDP)
6.11 Free Alongside Ship (FAS)
6.12 Free on Board (FOB)