Surveys legal problems associated with cross-border commercial and financial transactions. Topics include cross-border agreements for the sale of goods (with emphasis on the Convention on the International Sale of Goods, the International Chamber of Commerce's INCOTERMS, and rules applicable to distributorships and sales agencies); project financing (including the International Chamber of Commerce's Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, and money laundering legislation); cross-border investment (using NAFTA's investment rules as a blueprint for relevant issues); franchising, licensing and international intellectual property protection; tax aspects of international transactions; and forms of dispute resolution used in cross-border agreements.