Outlines of American Foreign CommerceGinn, 1923 - 321 pages |
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... commercial policy , particu- larly that of the United States , completes the volume . The writer is not unaware of ... trade , do not lend themselves very readily to adequate and intelligent treatment within the limited space of a single ...
... commercial policy , particu- larly that of the United States , completes the volume . The writer is not unaware of ... trade , do not lend themselves very readily to adequate and intelligent treatment within the limited space of a single ...
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... TRADE IN RELATION TO DOMESTIC TRADE VI . THE EXPORT TRADE VII . THE IMPORT TRADE VIII . THE BALANCE OF TRADE 49 • • 71 ... COMMERCIAL POLICY BIBLIOGRAPHY . INDEX . · 249 269 · 303 315 OUTLINES OF AMERICAN FOREIGN COMMERCE CHAPTER I THE ...
... TRADE IN RELATION TO DOMESTIC TRADE VI . THE EXPORT TRADE VII . THE IMPORT TRADE VIII . THE BALANCE OF TRADE 49 • • 71 ... COMMERCIAL POLICY BIBLIOGRAPHY . INDEX . · 249 269 · 303 315 OUTLINES OF AMERICAN FOREIGN COMMERCE CHAPTER I THE ...
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... Commercial Policy in War Time and After , pp . 47 and 97 . " If we want to sell , we must be 112 AMERICAN FOREIGN COMMERCE.
... Commercial Policy in War Time and After , pp . 47 and 97 . " If we want to sell , we must be 112 AMERICAN FOREIGN COMMERCE.
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... trade has been greatly in the foreground but interest has centered not exclusively , as was the tendency heretofore , upon the export trade and its welfare . Larger questions of commercial policy and of readjustment the world over have ...
... trade has been greatly in the foreground but interest has centered not exclusively , as was the tendency heretofore , upon the export trade and its welfare . Larger questions of commercial policy and of readjustment the world over have ...
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... TRADE Interpretation of excess of exports . The term balance of trade is generally used to designate the relation ... commercial policy is no longer recognized by scholars as adapted to modern economic con- ditions , there are many ...
... TRADE Interpretation of excess of exports . The term balance of trade is generally used to designate the relation ... commercial policy is no longer recognized by scholars as adapted to modern economic con- ditions , there are many ...
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abroad activities agricultural American annual balance of trade bank basis bill of lading Britain British Bureau buyer capital carried Census cent century Chamber of Commerce chapter Civil commercial policy commodities companies compared competition considerable coöperation cotton coun crops decades Department Domestic Commerce domestic trade draft Economic World exchange expansion export and import export trade facilities factors favorable Federal Federal Reserve Act financing foreign commerce foreign countries foreign trade free trade increase interests international trade leading letter of credit lines Lloyd's Lloyd's of London loan manu manufactures marine insurance marine underwriting ment mercantilist merce merchandise merchant marine methods mineral modern movement natural resources organization period population ports practically present prosperity raw materials reciprocity region relatively shipments statistics tariff tion trade balance trade promotion transactions transportation United various vessels volume Washington waterways wheat York
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Page 201 - A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.
Page 113 - Anything, therefore, which would tend to prevent foreign countries from settling for our exports by shipments of goods into this country could only have the effect of preventing them from paying for our exports and therefore of preventing the exports from being made. The productivity of the country, greatly stimulated by the war, must find an outlet by exports to foreign countries, and any measures taken to prevent imports will inevitably curtail exports...
Page 6 - As it is the power of exchanging that gives occasion to the division of labour, so the extent of this division must always be limited by the extent of that power, or, in other words, by the extent of the market.
Page 201 - A banker's acceptance within the meaning of this regulation is defined as a draft or bill of exchange, whether payable in the United States or abroad and whether payable in dollars or some other money, of which the acceptor is a bank or trust company, or a firm, person, company, or corporation engaged generally in the business of granting bankers
Page 117 - Group o. Animals and animal products, inedible. Group 1. Vegetable food products and beverages. Group 2. Vegetable products, inedible, except fibers and wood. Group 3. Textiles. Group 4. Wood and paper. Group 5. Nonmetallic minerals. Group 6. Metals and manufactures, except machinery and vehicles. Group 7. Machinery and vehicles.
Page 93 - Other vegetable products, except fibers and wood. Group 3. Textiles. Group 4. Wood and paper. Group 5. Nonmetallic minerals. Group 6. Ores, metals, and manufactures, except machinery and vehicles. Group 7. Machinery and vehicles. Group 8.
Page 245 - To encourage progress and to promote peace and cordial relations among countries and their citizens by the co-operation of business men and organisations devoted to the development of commerce and industry...
Page 114 - A system which provides a mutual exchange of commodities is manifestly essential to the continued and healthful growth of our export trade. We must "not repose in fancied security that we can forever sell everything and buy little or nothing.
Page 201 - ... a draft or bill of exchange, drawn by the seller on the purchaser of goods sold," and accepted by such purchaser.
Page 201 - an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.