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derivatives play a vital role in the global economy by enabling firms to hedge their risk but for this market to work effectively strong legal foundations are critical without common legal standards each firm would have its own unique contractual language increasing the incidence of disagreement and prolonging negotiations for 35 years the easter master agreement has helped create that standardization by providing a common contractual template for the trading relationship between two derivatives counterparties the template sets out core contractual terms such as the definition of a default and the conditions under which a contract can be terminated this allows firms to transact in confidence knowing everyone shares the same understanding of how the market works and there is a well-tested path to resolve any issue the master agreement also allows firms to customize their relationship and include a broad range of transactions should there be a default amounts owed on these transactions