Part 1: Risk assessment in international trade
International trade finance risks
Factors by type of risk that ought to be assessed
Country risk (political factors):
Coups and revolutions
Labor disputes / Social and ethnic group conflicts.
Attitudes towards capitalism and the West.
Nationalistic tendencies
protectionism.
Role of the military in the country.
Role of the opposition.
How the country changes its government.
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Expropriation
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Country risk (economic factors)
Inflation / Unemployment rates / GDP
Government fiscal deficits.
Export performance of its key export products.
Country’s international reserve position.
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