Encyclopedia Of International Commerce

This handy reference tool seeks to explain international trade in the macroeconomic sense and the mechanics of buying and selling in foreign markets. The entries provide terminology for a cross section of international trade--marketing, taxation, shipping, law, accounting, and transportation. The appendixes include statutes and documents vital to international commerce; international symbols, weights and measures; abbreviations and acronyms; statistical and financial data; and directories of agencies and organizations concerned with international trade, such as commodity exchanges, state tax and revenue authorities, foreign chambers of commerce in the United States, Internal Revenue Service Centers, and national standards bodies. ISBN 0-87033-322-4: $37.50 (For use only in the library).