2. Contract types

The various export, cooperation and location strategies are all underpinned by contracts, whether simple or complex, and with a strong (and growing) emphasis on technology transfer and cooperation and partnership relations. The most classic contracts include :

• contract of sale, contract of carriage ;

• agency or license agreement ;

• complex and/or "implicit" (or not) contracts perceived as specifically legal by laymen, such as :

  • Incoterms,

  • documentary credit,

  • bank guarantees.

The growing role of foreign direct investment (FDI) is giving rise not only to acquisition contracts, but also to construction contracts, and to international...