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globalEDGE
http://globaledge.msu.edu
This site provides links to numerous international resources on the
Internet. Maintained by Michigan State University Center for International
Business Education and Research (CIBER).
International
Trade Web Resources
http://www.fita.org/webindex.html
The Federation
of International Trade Associations has compiled a comprehensive searchable
database with more than 2000 links to international trade resources
on the Internet.
Airlines
Of The Web
http://flyaow.com/airlines.htm
Links to the Web
sites of nearly 500 airlines around the world.
Currency
Converter
http://www.oanda.com:80/converter/classic
A useful currency
converter. Users can also generate a 'cheat sheet' for travel and
access historical currency conversions.
Directory
of the World's Embassies and Consulates
http://embassyworld.com/
Search worldwide
for embassies and consulates throughout the world.
Foreign
Languages for Travelers
http://www.travlang.com:80/languages/
Learn words and
phrases with audio pronunciations before you travel to a foreign country.
Passport
Services
http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html
Passport information
from the State Department. Includes registration forms.
Travelers'
Health Web Page
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/default.aspx
Health and medical
information from the Center for Disease Control.
US
State Department / Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets
http://travel.state.gov:80/travel_warnings.html
Travel warnings
are issued when the State Department recommends that Americans avoid
travel to a particular country. Consular Information Sheets are available
for every country and include location of U.S. embassies and consulates
in the subject country, health conditions, political activities, currency,
crime, drug penalties and other pertinent information.
Export
Agent
http://www.exportinstitute.com/products/successful_agent.htm
This resource is
a good reference guide for anyone starting out in exporting. It is
available for downloading or printing at no charge - you will need
to provide your e-mail address.
Export
Hotline Online
http://www.exporthotline.com/
Provides a wealth of trade information with detailed reports on more
than 80 countries and 50 broad industries. Does require a subscription
fee to read and print documents.
Export
Institute Links
http://www.exportinstitute.com/export_links.htm
Useful export links
from the Export Institute.
Foreign
Trade Classification Schedules
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/foreign-trade/www/schedules.html
Access the following
classification schedules on the Internet: Schedule B (Export Commodity
Codes); Schedule C (Country and Territory Designations); Schedule
D (U.S. Customs Districts and Ports); Schedule K ( Foreign Ports);
Air Carrier Codes; and Flagged Vessel Country Codes.
Inc.
Online's Guide to International Business
http://www.inc.com/articles/global/directory.html
Read Inc Magazine
articles on going global.
International
Trade Administration
http://www.ita.doc.gov/
This comprehensive
site is useful for getting started, government assistance, financing,
marketing and licensing. It is an excellent clearinghouse for all
international trade-related data and services offered by federal agencies.
Useful sections include the Trade Information Center, Regions/Countries
and Industry Reports, Trade Statistics and Big Emerging Markets (BEMs).
Journal
of Commerce Industry Links
http://www.joc.com/resources/industrylinks.shtml
The Journal
of Commerce provides extensive links to transportation and logistics
providers.
Market
Access and Compliance
http://www.mac.doc.gov/
This site provides
U.S. companies with a wide range of information on accessing foreign
markets. Maintained by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Trade
Compass
http://www.tradecompass.com/
This site includes
comprehensive economic and trade information worldwide, including
global trade, import/export, logistics, shipping schedules, trade
leads and more.
Trade
Compliance Center
http://www.tcc.mac.doc.gov
The Trade Compliance
Center helps U.S. exporters receive the benefits from the more than
200 trade agreements the U.S. has concluded.
TradePort
International Trade
http://www.tradeport.org/ts/
Includes tutorials
on exporting, doing market research, moving goods and obtaining financing.
Also contains a trade events calendar and trade leads.
U.S.
Customs Service
http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/
This site contains
U.S. Customs guidelines, procedures, requirements, rules and regulations
for importers and exporters.
U.S.
State Department
http://www.state.gov/interntl/
The State Department
provides background reports with useful commercial, political and
travel information on regions throughout the world.
WSSN
- World Standards Services Network
http://www.wssn.net/WSSN/
WSSN is a network
of publicly accessible World Wide Web servers of standards organizations
around the world and provides information on international, regional
and national standards.
CorporateInformation
http://www.corporateinformation.com/
An excellent
place to begin to locate companies worldwide. Provides links to other
web sites which contain information about companies.
World
Yellow Pages
http://www.worldyellowpages.com/
Worldwide companies,
products and services. Also includes links to worldwide chambers of
commerce, country profiles, news, and trade centers.
Fortune
Global 500
http://www.pathfinder.com/fortune/global500/index.html
Fortune Magazine's
list of the top 500 companies in the world including rankings, profiles,
performances and links to company web sites.
International
Business Resources on the WWW: Company Directories and Yellow Pages
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/busresmain.asp?ResourceCategoryID=14
The Michigan
State meta site provides a comprehensive list of company directories
worldwide, many which are country-specific.
Wright
Research Center - Company Analyses
http://profiles.wisi.com/profiles/Comsrch.htm
The Wright
Research Center has information on 18,000 companies worldwide. Search
by country, company name or industry.
FindLaw:
International Trade
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/25interntrade/index.html
FindLaw provides
links to international trade legal subjects: laws, journals, news,
databases, government agencies and firms. Contains useful country
pages with legal sites for selected countries.
Legal
Information Institute at Cornell Law School
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topical.html
A global compendium
of legal information - foreign and international treaties and non-U.S.
law.
WTO
Links
http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/links_e/law_e.htm
World Trade Organization
links to resources and information on international trade.
Export-Import
Bank of the United States
http://www.exim.gov/
The
Export-Import Bank of the United States aids in financing and facilitating
U.S. exports.
Federation
of International Trade Associations
http://www.fita.org/
FITA
is made up of most of the international trade associations in the U.S.
and Mexico. From this site you can access associations, web sites, worldwide
trade fairs, and international trade events throughout the U.S.
IMF
International Monetary Fund
http://www.imf.org/
Cooperative
to maintain a stable system of currency conversion for 182 member countries.
Search IMF publications including country reports and documents on economic
policy.
OECD
Online
http://www.oecd.org/
Home
page of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 29
member countries who share "the principles of the market economy, pluralist
democracy, and respect for human rights."
United
Nations
http://www.un.org/
This
site is the United Nations home page and provides links to UN information,
news, documents, conferences and activities.
World
Bank Group
http://www.worldbank.org/
This
site features key social and economic indicators for developing countries.
It also includes an online library with fulltext World Bank journal articles
and publications as well as information on worldwide economics and trade,
finance and private sector development, and environmental issues.
World
Trade Centers Association
http://iserve.wtca.org/
Lists more than 300
World Trade Centers in more than 100 countries. Useful for expanding your
global business.
World
Trade Organization
http://www.wto.org
The web site of
the World Trade Organization with useful trade topic information, resources,
bulletins, and documents.
Business
Week - Global Business
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/
This site
features major business news articles for Latin America, Asia and Europe
from the international editions of Business Week.
Federal
Business Opportunities
http://www.fedbizopps.gov
Want to do business with the federal government? This is the single point
of access on the Internet to government Federal procurement opportunities
that exceed $25,000.
Financial
Times
http://www.ft.com/
The Financial
Times, a leading international English-language business daily newspaper,
provides access at this site to daily news, reports and archives. Access
is free; registration is required for some sections.
International
Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/
Access recent
feature articles and news stories from this leading international newspaper.
Journal
of Commerce Online
http://www.joc.com
Contains selected articles from the Journal of Commerce.
News/Periodicals
- International
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp
Access this section
of Michigan State's megasite of international resources for links to global
news, regional news and publications.
Background
Notes - U.S. State Department
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Good
source for brief summaries of country information.
Basic
Guide to Exporting
http://www.unzco.com/basicguide/
A
Department of Commerce guide with all the basics of exporting presented
in 17 chapters.
Breaking
Into the Trade Game: Small Business Guide to Exporting
http://www.sba.gov/oit/info/Guide-To-Exporting/index.html
Developed
by the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of International Trade
as an introductory trade guide.
CIA
World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
The
Factbook is a comprehensive resource of facts and statistics on more than
250 countries and entities. This Internet site features the electronic
version of the print product.
Commercial
Offices Abroad (Directory)
http://www.ita.doc.gov/uscs/intfld.htm
A
list of the U.S. Commercial Service Posts abroad.
Country
Commercial Guides
http://www.usatrade.gov/website/ccg.nsf/ccghomepage?openform
Prepared
by U.S. embassy staff, the Commercial Guides are detailed discussions
of a country's commercial environment, focusing on economic, political
and market issues.
Glossary
of International Trade Terms
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/glossary.asp?Index=a
A
dictioinary of trade terms.
NAICS
-- North American Industry Classification System
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
Description
of the new classification system which will replace the SIC code system.
Contains the schedule of codes.
Schedule
B Export Codes
http://www.census.gov:80/foreign-trade/schedules/b/index.html
Search
the Schedule B export codes for product classification.
Telephone
Directories on the Web
http://www.teldir.com/
Index
of online phone books, with links to yellow pages, white pages, business
directories, email addresses and fax listings around the world.
Trade
Shows and Events
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/busresmain.asp?ResourceCategoryID=15
DIrectory of
trade shows and training seminars worldwide.
AccessAsia
http://www.accessasia.com/
This site contains tools for people interested in doing business in
Asia - a yellow page directory of Asian companies, Asian news and links
to other Asian web sites.
Asian
Business Management: Asia Pacific Management Forum
http://www.apmforum.com/nethome2.htm
A useful site for business managers with current information on Asian
news, articles, and research on Asian business.
Asian Business Watch
http://www.asianbusinesswatch.com/
This site features
Asian business news with reports on financial markets, economic trends
and market overviews.
Asia Market Reseach
http://www.asiamarketresearch.com
This site includes market research news, country profiles, and marketing guides for Asia.
Trade
Information Center - Asia & the Pacific
http://web.ita.doc.gov/ticwebsite/apweb.nsf
This U.S. Department of Commerce site is an excellent resource on doing
business in the region, with information on customs and import documentation,
marketing, products, laws, regulations, finance, travel and key contacts.
Association
of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America (AACCLA)
http://www.aaccla.org/
Contains overviews,
selected government contacts, economic outlooks, and statistical snapshots
of 21 Latin American and Caribbean countries.
LATCO
Tools of the Trade
http://www.latco.org/tools.htm
Useful sites for
international trade with Latin America.
Latin
American Network Information Center
http://lanic.utexas.edu/
This is an excellent
gateway for Latin American information on the Internet with links
to specific country sites as well as subject sites on the economy,
education, government, humanities, media, recreation, science, social
sciences, society and sustainable development in Latin America.
Trade
Information Center - Latin America & the Caribbean
http://www.trade.gov/td/tic/
This U.S. Department
of Commerce site is an excellent trade resource for doing business
in Latin America and the Caribbean. Click on "Country Information."
BISNIS
- Commercial Information on Russia and the NIS
http://www.bisnis.doc.gov/
BISNIS Online is
the Department of Commerce's one-stop location for doing business
in Russia and the other states of the former Soviet Union.
CEESource:
Central and East European Legal, Political, Business and Economics
WWW Resources
http://law.gonzaga.edu/library/ceeurope.htm
A comprehensive
list of legal, political, business and economic links to Central and
Eastern Europe, with an emphasis on English-language links from government,
academic, and news agency sources.
Central
and Eastern Europe Business Information Center/CEEBICnet
http://www.mac.doc.gov/ceebic/
Access specific
country resources or regional information on trade and investment
leads, market research, taxes and tariffs, trade and key contacts
at this U.S. Department of Commerce site.
Central
Europe Online
http://www.centraleurope.com/
This site features
news briefs (updated daily) on various subjects for Central Europe.
EUbusiness
http://www.eubusiness.com/
This site provides
information on EU business developments, industry-specific features,
and country profiles.
Europa
http://europa.eu.int/
Excellent source
of information about European Union news, policies, institutions and
issues.
Europages
http://www.europages.com/
European business
directory with listings for 500,000 companies from over 30 European
countries.
Europe
Online
http://www.europeonline.com/
Provides access
to European companies with links to several sites including EUROPAGES,
the European Business Directory; EUROSEEK; Yelloweb European Directory,
and European BIZNET.
European
Journalism Page
http://www.demon.co.uk/eurojournalism/media/
A comprehensive
collection of links to European newspapers, news services, advertising
agencies, grouped by country.
European
Union: A Guide for Americans
http://www.eurunion.org/infores/euguide/euguide.htm
An excellent overview
of the European Union.
European
Union 99: Country Commercial Guide (FY1999) http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/business/com_guides/1999/europe/eu99.html
The Country Commercial
Guide with an economic, political and trade overview for the European
Union as a whole.
Trade
Information Center - Western Europe
http://web.ita.doc.gov/ticwebsite/euweb.nsf
This U.S. Department
of Commerce site is an excellent resource for doing business in Western
Europe, with information on customs and import documentation, marketing,
products, laws and regulations, finance, travel and key contacts.
AFRICA
NEWS on the World Wide Web
http://www.africanews.org/index.html
Good source for
up-to-date news and information on Africa from more than 60 different
sources.
ARABDATANET
http://www.awo.net/country/
This site promotes
trade between the U.S. and the Arab world. It is an excellent source
of information about trading with Arab countries and gives comprehensive
profiles of each Arab country.
ArabNet
http://www.arab.net/welcome.html
Provides a wide
range of information on Arab countries including country overviews,
history, geography, business, culture, government, transportation
and tourism.
Africa
Business Network
http://www.africasia.co.za/abn/abnetwork.htm
The Africa Business
Network is directed towards potential private investors in Africa.
Detailed business and economic information for sub-Saharan African
countries can be found in the Country Information Center section of
the site.
Country-Specific
Pages for Africa http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/Country.html
University of Pennsylvania
African Studies Center has put together a very useful site with profiles
and links to specific sites on the Internet for each country in Africa.
Ernst
& Young Africa Group Web Site
http://mbendi.co.za/ernsty/index.htm
This site provides
in-depth information on doing business with 51 African countries to
which Ernst and Young provide services.
Lex
Africa Business Guides
http://www.mbendi.co.za/werksmns/lexaf/index.htm#Members
Lex Africa is a
network of law firms in Africa. This site contains business guides
for several African countries. Each profile describes type of government,
forms of business organization, taxation, regulatory environment,
tariffs and other legal information.
MBendi
Information for Africa
http://www.mbendi.co.za/cyaf.htm
This site provides
a country profile for most countries in Africa containing general,
economic, and financial information as well as detailed industry analyses
and company listings.
Trade
Information Center - Africa
http://web.ita.doc.gov/ticwebsite/afweb.nsf
This U.S. Department
of Commerce site is an excellent resource on doing business in Africa,
with information on customs and import documentation, marketing, products,
laws, regulations, finance, travel and key contacts.
Canadian
Business Map
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/scdt/businessmap/engdoc/0.html
Province-specific
as well as comprehensive country-wide information on doing business
in Canada, including industry snapshots, statistics, and company directories.
Information
Mexico
http://www.mexicosi.com:80/business/business.htm
A wealth of information
on doing business in Mexico with foreign trade information, company
directories, financing issues and business tips.
Mexico
Information Center
http://www.mexico-trade.com/
A one-stop information
center for doing business in Mexico. Includes key contacts, business
opportunities, trade shows, legal resources, regional and state information,
and many other business features.
NAFTA
Home Page
http://www.mac.doc.gov/nafta/index.htm
The objective of
this site is to provide accurate and timely information for U.S. exporters
who are doing business in Canada and Mexico.
Census
Bureau: International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html
The International
Data Base is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables
of demographic and socio-economic data for more than 200 countries
and areas of the world.
Census
Bureau: Statistical Agencies (International)
http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
Links to statistical
agencies by country.
Foreign
Governments/Statistics
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/forstats.html
Comprehensive list
of links to sites that contain economic and demographic information
with useful summary descriptions of the sites.
Infonation
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
This database allows
you to view and compare the statistical data of up to seven member
countries of the United Nations in one search.
OECD
Online
http://www.oecd.org/
The Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development site provides complete statistics
(agriculture to tourism) for 29 member countries.
OFFSTATS:
Official Statistics on the WWW http://www2.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/stats/offstats/OFFSTATSmain.htm
This comprehensive
site provides links to international statistical centers. Access is
by country and by topic.
World
Bank Competitiveness Indicators
http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/psd/compete.nsf
The database of
competitiveness indicators is a collection of 49 indicators for assessment
of economic performance and business environment in countries throughout
the world. Search by country or by indicator.
Judy
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Phone:
630-942-2021
E-Mail: wagnerj@cdnet.cod.edu
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