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Developed country partners in countertrade contracts have had problems with quality and timely delivery of goods from the developing country partners. How are they trying to deal with those problems?

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A brief discussion on the things being done by developed countries dealing with less developed countries in trading. Problems arise from LDC trading practices in products and transportation with timely delivery and quality of the products and developed countries must have policies to meet those problems.

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Developed countries are requesting more testing and more stringent rules on products coming into their countries. Some may be sending more government representatives to oversee the testing of some materials and products. There are methods of withholding payments ...

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