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050 0 0 _aHF1379
_b.K778 2020
100 1 _aKrueger, Anne O.,
_eauthor.
_916755
245 1 0 _aINTERNATIONAL TRADE :
_bwhat everyone needs to know /
_cAnne O. Krueger.
264 _aNew York;
_bOxford University Press,
_c2022
_cc2022
300 _axxi, 345 pages. :
_c21cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aWhat everyone needs to know
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"In all countries, there are laws and regulations affecting private economic activity. They are necessary to enable private economic activity to thrive, as well as to provide for honesty in information), consumer protection, and much more. Laws and regulations, such as safety standards, quality grades, and health and food (phytosanitary) standards generally apply to much economic activity within a country. In very primitive societies when farming or hunting was almost all economic activity, such measures were much less necessary. But as exchanges and trading increased, the need to find ways to support transactions became essential in order to enable parties to agree on even such things as simple weights and measures. Until there was a commercial code (legal framework), most businesses were owned primarily by family members who could trust each other. The commercial codes covered such phenomena as penalties against breach of contract, standards and assurances as to the quality and ingredients of goods being contracted, and penalties for their infringement, and so on. Note that even a rudimentary contract would likely have needed an understanding as to weights and measures, definition of materials, and much more"--
591 _bDLS
650 0 _aInternational trade
_xHistory.
_916756
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aKrueger, Anne O..
_tInternational trade
_dNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
_z9780190900465
_w(DLC) 2020022669
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