chapter 1 Role of Contracts in Global Trade -- chapter 2 Freight, Logistics, and the Global Supply Chain -- chapter 3 Incoterms: Foundation of Global Trade -- chapter WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INCOTERMS TO OBTAIN BETTER COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES -- chapter INCOTERM MEMBER COUNTRIES -- chapter...

Strikingly high rates of labor productivity growth in China, India, and other emerging economies have prompted concerns that U.S. workers and firms are losing ground to their competitors in world markets. A closer look at the evidence, however, suggests that rapid foreign productivity growth...

Since the 1970s, exports and imports of manufactured goods have been the engine of international trade and much of that trade relies on container shipping. This paper introduces a new monthly index of the volume of container trade to and from North America. Incorporating this index into a...