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Business
Undergraduate 1
09/11/2006

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Term
Multinational corporation
Definition
A business that has operations in many different countrys around the world
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Ethnocentricity
Definition
Most familiar with your own country, most comfortable working in it
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Exchange rate
Definition
How much of one country's currency is equal to another country's
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High value of the dollar
Definition
Can buy more foreign currency
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Low value of the dollar
Definition
My dollar buys less foreign currency than it did before
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Devaluation
Definition
the actual lowering of the value of the currency
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Countertrading
Definition
When a country pays for their purchase with goods and services instead of with money
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The foreign corrupt practices act
Definition
American law, prevents US companies from paying bribes to foreign customers for their business
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Trade protectionism
Definition
Countries try to make it hard to buy from forign countries, and encourage buying locally
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Tariff
Definition
Tax on imports
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Import quota
Definition
Limit on the amount that can be imported from another country
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Non-tariff barriers
Definition
Anything else used to protect your market
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The world trade organization (WTO)
Definition
International organization, supposed to sponsor trade meetings for countries. Also settles disputes
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Trading bloc
Definition
A group of countries that have linked together for trade purposes
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The european union
Definition
25 countries in europe
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Mercosur
Definition
Countries in south america
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North american Free trade agreement
Definition
Canada, US, and Mexico
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