Study Materials for International Trade & Foreign Exchange

Short Notes

1.    Islamic Development Bank (IDB)

2.    The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

3.    The South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)

4.    The European Development Fund (EDF)

5.    The Latin American Integration Association (LAIA) or The Latin American Free Trade Association (LAFTA

6.    The ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)

7.    Floating exchange rate

8.    Packing credit

9.    Inco-terms

10.  Offshore banking

11.  Gold Standard

12.  Value Date

13.  Charter party

14.  Consular Invoice

15. Generalized System of Preferences- GSP

16. A revolving letter of credit

17.  Asian Clearing Union

18. Financial Derivative

19.  Open Position

20. Foreign exchange market

21.  Bill of exchange / Draft

22. D/P -- Documents Against Payment

23. D/A – Documents against Acceptance

24. Special drawing rights (SDRs)

25.  SWAP

26.  Money laundering

27.  SWIFT: Society of Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications

28.  World Trade Organization (WTO)

29.  European Union (EU)

30. Correspondent Banking

31.  Authorized Dealer

Broad Questions

Define foreign direct investment (FDI)

What are the effects of FDI inflows in case of Bangladesh

What are the objectives of World Bank?

Define foreign exchange market

What are the Functions of the Foreign Exchange Market?

Problems of Foreign Trade in Bangladesh