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02597aam a2200361 i 4500 001 2B8EDC8286E611EB80D4A9DB35ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210317010020 008 200604s2020 nyu e b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020022669 020 $a 0190900458 020 $a 9780190900458 020 $a 0190900466 020 $a 9780190900465 035 $a (OCoLC)1157349841 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d GK8 $d OCLCF $d JAS $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HF1379 $b .K778 2020 100 1 $a Krueger, Anne O., $e author. 245 10 $a International trade : $b what everyone needs to know / $c Anne O. Krueger. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xxi, 345 pages ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a What everyone needs to know 500 $a "'What everyone needs to know' is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press" -- title page verso. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-338) 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a International trade $x History. 650 7 $a International trade. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00977128 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a What everyone needs to know. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019011453.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2B8EDC8286E611EB80D4A9DB35ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search