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''US insolvency law''  
1. ''Trade finance''.


Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code.
The basis on which a vendor sells its goods or services, typically referring to the credit and payment terms.


Chapter 11 is designed to allow a financially stressed business temporary protection from its creditors, in order to provide an opportunity for recovery.


A Chapter 11 debtor usually proposes a plan of reorganization to keep its business alive, and pay its creditors over time.  
2. ''Macroeconomics''.


(TOT).


== See also ==
In the macroeconomic context, terms of trade are defined as the ratio between the index of export prices and the index of import prices.
* [[Administration]]
 
* [[Examinership]]
If export prices increase more than import prices, a country has a positive terms of trade. For the same amount of exports, the country can purchase more imports.
* [[Going concern]]
 
* [[Liquidation]]
But if import prices increase more than export prices, the opposite applies, and the country has negative terms of trade.
* [[Receivership]]
 
* [[Insolvency]]
 
* [[United States]]
==See also==
*[[Credit]]
*[[Exports]]
*[[Imports]]
*[[Incoterms]]
*[[Index]]
*[[Payment in advance]]
*[[Terms]]
*[[Trade finance]]
 
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[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Trade_finance]]

Latest revision as of 16:06, 2 October 2023

1. Trade finance.

The basis on which a vendor sells its goods or services, typically referring to the credit and payment terms.


2. Macroeconomics.

(TOT).

In the macroeconomic context, terms of trade are defined as the ratio between the index of export prices and the index of import prices.

If export prices increase more than import prices, a country has a positive terms of trade. For the same amount of exports, the country can purchase more imports.

But if import prices increase more than export prices, the opposite applies, and the country has negative terms of trade.


See also