A firm concludes a counterpurchase agreement with a foreign country for which it receives some counterpurchase credits for purchasing its goods. The firm does not want any foreign goods, however, so it sells the credits to a third-party trading house at a discount. The trading house finds a firm that can use the credits and sells them at a profit. This is an example of
A. barter.
B. switch trading.
C. an offset.
D. a buyback.
E. compensation.
Answer: B. switch trading