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ICC Guide to Responsible Sourcing
Many companies have literally thousands of suppliers across the globe. While a company cannot be held accountable for the actions of all its suppliers, its purchasing activities may create leverage to influence and monitor its suppliers' conduct in areas such as working conditions, respect for labour rights and environmental protection.
To help companies develop their own approaches to responsible sourcing, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has prepared a guide, which provides a series of practical steps from a global and multisectoral perspective. These steps are based on real-life experiences collected from ICC member companies around the world, and can be used by companies of all sizes, sectors and regions.
Coface Country Risk Handbook
Economic review and 2010 outlook for 156 countries
The 10th edition of The Handbook of Country Risk is an invaluable resource for companies developing international trade and for entrepreneurs and their advisors concerned with international investment. Compiled by Coface, the world's number one in insurable trading risks, this authorative reference source provides up-to-date analysis of the risks involved in trading with or investing in 156 countries, giving each one a unique risk rating.
For finance departments, the handbook crucially assesses the likelihood of payment default. For business developers and would-be investors, the handbook weighs the risks and opportunities in emerging markets and gives industrial sector performance overviews from across the developed and developing countries.
Price: $75.00 + postage
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ICC Uniform Customs and Practise for Documentary Credits - UCP 600
Used by letter of credit practitioners worldwide, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP) are the most successful private rules for trade ever developed.
Bankers, traders, lawyers, transporters, academics and all who deal with letter of credit transactions worldwide, will refer to UCP 600 on a daily basis.
Price: $49.94
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Incoterms 2000
International Commercial Terms 
Incoterms such as FOB, CIF and DDU have become part of the language of international trade and are in constant use throughout the world.
Incoterms define the responsibilities of buyer and seller for delivery of goods under sales contracts. Incoterms 2000 is the authoritative text for determining how costs and risks are allocated to the parties. These terms are regularly incorporated into sales contracts worldwide. Incoterms 2000 contains the official ICC text of the thirteen trading terms.
Price: $96.80
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Incoterms 2000 Wall Chart (pack of 10)
Incoterms 2000 Wall Chart, ICC’s popular support tool is a full color, poster-sized flow chart outlining the responsibilities of buyer and seller under each of the 13 Incoterms. It is suitable for hanging beside your desk for instant reference, or it may be folded and put into your desk file or briefcase for easy access.
Incoterms 2000 Wall Chart is ideal for distribution in classrooms, seminars and offices, and may be purchased in quantities of 10 or more. Each package contains 10 posters.
Price: $164.56
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ICC Guide to Incoterms 2000
ICC Guide to Incoterms 2000 explains how Incoterms 2000 can work for you in daily practice. It provides answers to important and recurring questions concerning the 13 trade terms. For example:
- What are Incoterms and what can they do for you?
- How do you reference Incoterms in a contract of sale?
- What are the main differences between Incoterms 1990 and Incoterms 2000?
Price: $164.56
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Bank Guarantees in International Trade (3rd Edition)
The long-awaited third edition offers practitioners in international trade and banking law the most complete analysis in the field.
Nearly 10 years after the success of the second edition of Bank Guarantees, this authoritative text which is used in over 40 countries has been thoroughly revised to take into account developments in both law and practice around the world.
Price: $385.99
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Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees Under International Trade Law
Letters of credit and bank guarantees are the most important financial instruments in international exchange. Matti S. Kurkela, a leading expert in the field, presents an advanced, extensive study and guide to letters of credit for practitioners. The author analyses the material rules and principles applicable to them; conflict of laws as well as law merchant applied regardless of place of operation or nationality of the parties involved.
Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees under International Law is the only true guide whose focus is on international law and choice of applicable law, with comparison of the UCP, the UCC and selected national laws. Bank attorneys, international bankers, international trade and finance attorneys in law firms, and academia will find this an invaluable guide to the latest rules, case law and practice relating to these financial instruments.
Price: $367.84
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A to Z of International Trade
How does A to Z differ from other trade dictionaries? There are times when a straight definition is not enough and you need more background information to put the word in context. Some terms are actually concepts that take whole pages to explain and can set off a chain of word-searching.
A to Z brings you a dictionary that doubles as a reference book, with focus sections that provide background information on nine key areas of trade, developing terms in context and showing how they interact. A to Z really helps you understand the language of international trade.
Edited by respected US journalist and consultant Frank Reynolds, who has 35 years of hands-on experience in the trade, A to Z is set to become the international trader's bible.
Price: $164.56
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Guide to Export - Import Basics
A strategic guide to trading internationally for business practitioners and advisers and an authoritative reference source for anyone needing to understand the framework and mechanics of world trade.
International trade, a key engine of economic growth, is valued at trillions of dollars each year. But the techniques of how to export and import are often a mystery to business persons and enterprises. The classic text, Guide to Export-Import Basics, now in its third edition, examines the trade tools developed by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) to help you make the most of international markets.
From the basics of how to develop a sale contract to the use of the Internet as a channel for sales, the Guide tells you what you need to know about the trading process: the legal foundation; resolving international disputes; international contracts of sale; agency, distribution and franchising; Incoterms and documentary credits; factoring and forfaiting; transport and e-commerce.
This edition of the Guide includes details of the revised rules on documentary credits, UCP 600, new developments in forfaiting as well as new model contracts developed by ICC.
Price: $164.56
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ICC Model International Sale Contract
The ICC Model International Sale Contract is a time-saving guide for traders, importers, lawyers and all parties involved in these important international transactions. Providing clear directions to sellers and buyers of manufactured goods, the contract is divided into two parts - Specific Conditions and General Conditions. The form's introduction takes the parties step-by-step through the process - from the general characteristics of the contract through its scope of application to its termination and resolution of disputes.
Price: $145.20
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ICC Model International Franchising Contract
The ICC Model International Franchising Contract, which applies to all international direct franchise agreements governing the distribution of goods or provision of services, overcomes the difficulties caused by a lack of uniform international rules on this important subject. This contract contains commentary and explanation and brings harmony to a field of growing commercial importance.
Price: $145.20
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ICC Model Distributorship Contract
The ICC Model Distributorship Contract provides a uniform contractual framework that incorporates the prevailing practice of international trade. It specifically applies to agreements under which the distributors act either as buyers and resellers, or as importers who organise distribution in the country in which they operate. This revised second edition takes into account important changes since the publication of the first model, particularly concerning the EC antitrust rules on vertical restraints, and the need to harmonise with the ICC Short Form Model Contracts, (ICC No. 634).
Price: $166.98
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ICC Model Confidentiality Agreement
Virtually every business, large or small, needs to protect sensitive information in the course of engaging in business transactions, and confidentiality agreements are the most commonly used mechanism to provide for non-disclosure of vital information. ICC Model Confidentiality Agreement is the latest in a series of widely used model contracts published by the International Chamber of Commerce.
The model confidentiality agreement and stand-alone model confidentiality clause are designed to assist business people and lawyers by providing balanced, reliable models that can be used in transactions across sectors and borders.
Price: $89.54
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Drafting and Negotiating International Commercial Contracts - A Practical Guide
Drafting an international contract can be a risky business. Yet with the increasing globalisation of markets, these cross-border contracts are becoming a common practice for most traders, as well as for the lawyers assisting them. At the same time, international contracts remain a difficult and mysterious subject for business people as well as their lawyers.
In his new book, Drafting and Negotiating International Commercial Contracts, Professor Fabio Bortolotti, a world-renowned expert on contract law, clarifies the issues surrounding these contracts and provides solutions to the thorny problems they raise:
- choice of the applicable law
- choice of jurisdiction
- international arbitration
- the use of more international drafting techniques
- hardship, force majeure and liquidated damages
As an added feature, this volume provides insights into the basic requirements of a well-drafted contract and analyses in depth the negotiating process. It concludes with incisive commentary on the model contracts developed by the International Chamber of Commerce.
Price: $392.04
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ICC Model International Trademark Licence
ICC Model International Trademark Licence is the newest addition to the series of international model business contracts developed and published by ICC. This model contract addresses the situation where the owner of a well known trademark licences the trademark to a company which will use it with respect to products other than those manufactured or sold by the licensor.
In this case, it is assumed that the licenced products will be designed and developed by the licensee, and that the main preoccupation of the licensor is to ensure that the licenced products conform to the overall image of the licensor and its trademarks.
Parties are advised to use ICC Model International Trademark Licence as a basis for negotiation and for drawing up their own contracts, possibly with the assistance of a lawyer with international expertise.
Price: $159.72
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Force Majeure Clause 2003 - ICC Hardship Clause 2003
Businesses typically want their contracts to succeed, making a good profit for a good product or service. Events, however, frequently frustrate the best business intentions and a party may find itself in the position of having to default because of events beyond its reasonable control.
In the ICC Force Majeure Clause 2003 and in the ICC Hardship Clause 2003, the ICC seeks to provide international traders with ready-made model clauses which parties to international contracts may incorporate into their contracts.
The ICC Force Majeure Clause 2003 combines the predictability of listed force majeure events with a general force majeure formula which is intended to catch circumstances which fall outside the listed events.
The ICC Hardship Clause 2003 balances businessmen's legitimate expectations of performance with the harsh reality that circumstances do change to make performance so hard that the contract simply must change.
Price: $33.88
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All prices are inclusive of GST. Postage and handling is additional. Prepayment is a requirement for all non-members with cheques to be made to Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland. Orders are delivered within one week unless the item is not in stock. Overseas orders may take up to four weeks to be delivered.