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  • Swift

    Swift in International Trade Meaning of Swift, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): Payment made through international electronic funds transfer via the system known as SWIFT (Society for Worldwide inter-bank Financial Telecommunications) offered by most […]

  • Swap Schemes

    Swap Schemes and International Trade Resources See Also Countertrade

  • Swap

    By agreement, the combined purchase and sale of a specified amount of foreign exchange, with different dates for sale and purchase. This arrangement permits each party to the transaction to use, for a given period of time, a currency he needs in return for one he does not need, without any […]

  • Switch Trading

    Switch Trading and International Trade Resources See Also Countertrade

  • Switch Arrangements

    Switch Arrangements in International Trade Meaning of Switch Arrangements, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): A form of countertrade in which the seller sells on credit and then transfers the credit to a third party. See countertrade.

  • Swing

    Swing and the GATT Policy Negotiations In relation to the GATT Policy Negotiations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following explanation and/or definition of Swing: In international textile agreements, refers to the shift of allowable imports from a filled quota to an under-filled quota. […]

  • Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

    Introduction to Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSwann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, handed down in 1971, that dealt with methods of court-ordered desegregation in public schools. The Supreme Court unanimously…

  • Swear

    Introduction to SwearSwear, declare or affirm solemnly that one will perform in a certain manner or do a certain thing. Swear can also mean to curse or use profanity." (1)ResourcesNotes and ReferencesInformation about <a href="http://lawin.org/encarta-encyclo…

  • Sweatt v Painter

    Introduction to Sweatt v PainterSweatt v. Painter, decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, handed down in 1950, dealing with racial discrimination in publicly funded schools. Herman Sweatt, a black prospective law student, filed the suit against administrators of the University …

  • Swapping

    A form of countertrade (read this and related legal terms for further details) by which the parties trade off goods that each controls at various locations so as to eliminate or mitigate transportation costs….

  • Switching

    Also known as switch trading, a Countertrade (read this and related legal terms for further details) arrangement under which a purchaser in one country assigns to a seller in another country an obligation due from a thir…

  • Sweatshop

    Sweatshop Sweatshop Definition Sweatshop, small manufacturing establishment in which employees work long hours under substandard conditions for low wages. Sweatshops were an outgrowth of the contracting systems in which an employer or middleman (called a sweater) sought to reduce overhead costs and to increase the volume of production by distributing materials to workers in their…

  • Swinton v. Whitinsville Sav. Bank

    Swinton v. Whitinsville Sav. Bank 1942 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court • Bank sold Swintons house that was infested with termites without revealing the defect. • Question was whether Bank had duty to disclose presence of termites–although there was no disclosure otherwise. • Termites are not common in Massachusetts, thus court thinks Swintons would not be…