You have sent you shipment to your international customer against a sales contract and submitted the documents including invoice and bill of lading. Your customer now develops cold feet and wants to pull out of the contract and does not want the goods anymore. Your customer thus refuses to receive the documents and clear the goods through customs in the importing country. You are now stuck in a situation where your goods are at a port terminal in a foreign country and you will not be paid. Explain how you will resolve the situation? Specifically what terms of payment could you have used that would "rescue" you when such a situation occurs? Clearly explain and provide justification as part of your answer.(Urgent please help, It's not an essay)

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You have sent you shipment to your international customer against a sales contract and submitted the documents including invoice and bill of lading. Your customer now develops cold feet and wants to pull out of the contract and does not want the goods anymore. Your customer thus refuses to receive the documents and clear the goods through customs in the importing country.

You are now stuck in a situation where your goods are at a port terminal in a foreign country and you will not be paid. Explain how you will resolve the situation? Specifically what terms of payment could you have used that would "rescue" you when such a situation occurs? Clearly explain and provide justification as part of your answer.(Urgent please help, It's not an essay)

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