Identifying the relevant multilateral institutions and multinational organisations involved in particular aspects of international finance and trade often proves to be difficult. This book makes that process easy while providing valuable descriptions of and insights into those institutions and organisations. Chapter topics examine multilateral institutions and organisations: generally and their major umbrella organisation – the United Nations; concerned with national currencies, national solvency, financial institutions and securities exchange, and international financial transactions and securities; promoting economic development; regulating international trade; dealing with international product and performance standards, standardised legal commercial rules, and common usages and documents through international conventions and treaties, the harmonisation of national commercial laws, and accepted sectoral practices; overseeing international transportation and communications; protecting international intellectual property rights; managing international environmental, commodities, and natural resources matters; resolving international disputes; and involved with other international finance and trade matters.