Thursday, September 13

Types of Legal Systems

Components of the International Legal Environment

Types of Governmental Intervention

Home Country

Host Country

International Agreements and Laws

  • export controls (country destinations and nature of the product) 
  • embargos and sanctions
  • antitrust laws (acquisitions, joint ventures, and agreements) 
  • foreign trade promotion (loans, subsidies, training programs, International Trade Association (ITA)) 
  • Business behavior regulations (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 1977, Boycotts Rules)
  • Ownership and control (confiscation, expropriation, domestication) 
  • Government Procurement
  • Exchange control 
  • Quotas and Tariffs 
  • Entry Restrictions 
  • Price controls 
  • Marketing mix control 
  • Treaties of friendship, commerce, and navigation (FCN) 
  • IMF and GATT 
  • G7 (G8)
  • COCOM (Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Controls)
  • International Court of Justice
  • UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) 
  • ISO (International Standards Organization) 
  • Patents agreements (Paris Convention, Berne Convention, European Patent Convention) 
  • Trademark agreements (Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement TRIPS) 
  • Regional grouping laws 
  • Codes of Conduct (UN, OECD) 
  • Political Risk Indicators

    Economics

    Politics

    Society

    • Falling GDP 
    • Inflation 
    • Capital flight 
    • Foreign debt 
    • Low food output 
    • Commodity dependence 
  • Bad neighbors 
  • How authoritarian 
  • Staleness 
  • Illegitimacy 
  • Generals in power 
  • War 
  • Urbanization 
  • Islamic fundamentalism 
  • Corruption 
  • Ethnic tension 
  • HANDOUT: Political Risk Assessment: Examples

    Managing Political Risk

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