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Trade Financing Decisions
A19 - 27
Payment Methods for International Trade
Prepayments
Letters of Credit
Sight Drafts and Time Drafts
Consignments
Open Accounts
Chapter Review
A19 - 28
Chapter Review
Trade Finance Methods
Accounts Receivable Financing
Factoring
Letters of Credit
Bankers Acceptances
Working Capital Financing
Medium-Term Capital Goods Financing
(Forfaiting)
Countertrade
A19 - 29
Chapter Review
Agencies that Motivate International Trade
Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
Private Export Funding Corporation
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Other Considerations
Impact of International Trade Financing on
an MNCs Value