1. Small talk
1.1. Most of the meeting = small talk
1.1.1. Latin America
1.1.2. Middle Eastern
1.1.3. Africa
1.1.4. Pacific Rim
1.1.5. Avoid politics, sex and religion and local conditions
1.1.6. Do comment on the country's history, food, art
1.2. Small talk only 5-10 min
1.2.1. Scandinavia
1.2.2. Northern America
1.3. Personal small talk
1.3.1. Southeast Asia
1.3.2. China
2. Eye contact
2.1. Not too much eye contact
2.1.1. Southeast Asia
2.2. A lot of eye contact
2.2.1. Latin America
2.2.2. West Asia
3. Cheek kisses
3.1. Two cheek kisses
3.1.1. France
3.2. Three cheek kisses
3.2.1. Belgium
3.3. Only one cheek kiss
3.3.1. Great Britain
3.4. Kissing is not unnormal (cheek)
3.4.1. Southern Europe
3.4.2. Latin America
4. Business cards
4.1. Exchange business cards with right hand (left is not clean)
4.1.1. Middle eastern
4.2. Exchange business cards with both hands
4.2.1. Asia
4.3. Exchange business cards with right hand cupping the right elbow with left hand (left is not clean)
4.3.1. Thailand
4.4. Don’t write on a business card at presence
4.4.1. East Asia
5. Handshakes
5.1. Men should wait for women to offer her hand
5.1.1. In general
5.2. Women prefer namaste
5.2.1. Southeast Asia
5.2.2. Thailand (WAI)
5.3. It’s okay for western to do slight nod during a handshake
5.3.1. Japan
5.4. Dont do firm handshakes
5.4.1. Asia
5.5. Firm handshake is good
5.5.1. Canadian
5.5.2. Southern Europe
5.5.3. American
5.5.4. Latin America
5.6. Shake hands when meeting and leaving
5.6.1. Latin America
6. Time
6.1. 5 minutes before = punctual
6.1.1. Germany
6.2. It is fairly normal to be etc. 30 minutes late
6.2.1. Southern Europe
6.2.2. Southeast Asia
6.2.3. Latin America
7. Manners and chatting
7.1. arms length
7.1.1. Canadian
7.1.2. American
7.2. A host should talk to everybody a bit
7.2.1. Canadian
7.2.2. American
7.3. Not chatting enough with the main guest is rude and dishonoring
7.3.1. Middle eastern
7.4. Adress last name
7.4.1. Germany
7.5. Rude to force someone to eat
7.5.1. Canadian
7.5.2. American
7.6. face to face conversation
7.6.1. Middle eastern
7.7. Never say no
7.7.1. Japan
7.8. Expect to ask a lot of times for food - otherwise it is rude
7.8.1. Middle eastern
8. Gifts
8.1. Don’t bring flowers - so the host should search for a vase
8.1.1. Avoid chrysanthemums - only funerals
8.1.2. Avoid red roses - you are having an affair with your hostess
8.1.3. Avoid yellow roses - the host are having an affair with someone else
8.1.4. France
8.2. Don’t give wine as a gift - the hosts cellar is inadequate (not good)
8.2.1. France