International exchange in tea tourism

Contemporary Yemen has an image-problem. It has long fascinated travelers and artists, and to many the country embodies both Arab and Muslim authenticity; it stands at important geostrategic and commercial crossroads. Yet, strangely, Yemen is globally perceived as somehow both marginal and passive, while also being dangerous and problematic. The Saudi offensive launched in 2015 has made Yemen a victim of regional power struggles, while the global “war on terror” has labelled it a threat to international security. This perception has had disastrous effects without generating real interest in the country or its people. On the contrary, Yemen's complex political dynamics have been largely ignored by international observers--resulting in problematic, if not counterproductive, international policies. Yemen and the World aims at correcting these misconceptions and omissions, putting aside the nature of the world's interest in Yemen to focus on Yemen's role on the global stage. Laurent Bonnefoy uses six areas of modern international exchange--globalization, diplomacy, trade, migration, culture and militant Islamism--to restore Yemen to its place at the heart of contemporary affairs. To understand Yemen, he argues, is to understand the Middle East as a whole.

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The Doctrine of the Providential Function of Commerce in International Law

10.1093/oso/9780198805878.003.0014 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Ileana M. Porras

Keyword(s):

International Trade ◽

International Exchange ◽

Religious Doctrine ◽

Hugo Grotius ◽

Religious Sensibility ◽

Commercial Exchange ◽

Two Factors ◽

Francisco De Vitoria ◽

Internal Effect

This chapter explores the doctrine of the providential function of commerce in the work of Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1492–1546), Alberico Gentili (1552–1608), and Hugo Grotius (1583–1645). In this chapter, I argue that the doctrine’s persuasive power lies in the interplay between two factors. First is the fact that while the doctrine is not in origin a religious doctrine, its elements and its narrative logic carried an unmistakable religious sensibility that became indissolubly associated with international trade. But the doctrine’s true efficacy lies in a more subtle internal effect. In essence, the doctrine, which holds at its core an act of exchange among distant peoples, allowed its adherents to idealize international trade by blurring the distinction between the act of commercial exchange and that of gift-exchange. In this manner, international exchange came to be portrayed as an act of friendship and community recognition, rather than a commercial act between strangers.

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Research on the Impact of International Exchange Rates on the Pricing of Cross-border E-commerce Products and Corporate Profits in the Context of Big Data

2020 16th Dahe Fortune China Forum and Chinese High-educational Management Annual Academic Conference (DFHMC) ◽

10.1109/dfhmc52214.2020.00059 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Zhi Li ◽

Haowei Ti

Keyword(s):

Big Data ◽

Exchange Rates ◽

International Exchange ◽

Cross Border ◽

Corporate Profits ◽

The Impact

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