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From Iraqi American Chamber of Commerce & Industry Doing Business in Iraq The third edition of The Language of Trade contains a glossary of trade terminology, a list of acronyms used in international trade, and a chronology of major events in international trade since 1916. It updates, revises, and expands the second edition of The Language of Trade, which was published in 1993. The third edition was prepared for the Department of State by Merritt R. Blakeslee and Carlos A. Garcia of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C. The authors received assistance from the U.S. Departments of Commerce and the Treasury and from the Office of the United States Trade Representative, which they gratefully acknowledge. This assistance notwithstanding, the definitions in this work are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not represent an official statement of the policy or practice of the U.S. government. The authors also wish to express their gratitude to their colleagues at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP who provided invaluable expertise, research, assistance, and suggestions: Judith Lee, Eric Hinton, Terri LaBounty, Natalia Xanthakos, and Stephanie Hatch. © Copyright 2003 by i-acci.org |