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Business Culture Guides
Click on the Country's flag and get full text information. Learn about gifts,
negotiating practices, business dress, how to address individuals, and more.
See also: Business Netiquette
International, a "Netiquette" site for business to business e-mail
etiquette, “keeping international business in mind".
Treaties and International Law
From the Internet Law Library,
a listing of links to treaties and foreign law. A similar site is Foreign
and International Law from Willamette University; there are links to organizations,
treaties, foreign relations, human rights, and more.
Country
Commercial Guides
Provide information about the commercial environments of countries, organized
by region. See also: Country
Reports on Economic Policies and Trade Partners
Customs & Border Protection (formerly US Customs
Service)
This is a comprehensive site. The Import and Export links at the top of the pages lead to
procedures and regulations. There is also a page for
NAFTA, and more.
Export-Import Bank of the United States
The "Country Information" page links to Country Limitation Schedule,
Exposure Fees Online, Country Fact Sheets, and CIRR Rates (Commercial
Interest Reference Rates).
GRA Research "Hotlinks"
The Internet site of Cal Poly Pomona Prof. Jerry Rogers includes GRA Research
Hotlinks leading to a comprehensive listing of Internet sites of value for
international business and trade.
GlobalEDGE
From Michigan State University, formerly MSU-CIBER, includes listing
of foreign companies.
US International Trade Administration (US
ITA)
The purpose of the US ITA is to export American goods and services, which includes State
Exports to Countries and Regions. The Trade
Information Center (TIC) is essential for those actually doing international
trading.
Foreign Trade Statistics
Foreign Trade Statistics is the official United States Government
source for trade data. See also International
Economic Indicators The International Statistics selection bring data on
US trade.
Export.Gov
This “U.S. Government Export Portal” brings practical information
including the full text of A
Basic Guide to Exporting. Trade
Statistics includes Export
Statistics Express where you can see a world map for a state's exports,
color-coded for value of totals.
The
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
Search the Harmonized Tariff Schedule through the "Table of Contents". This is the full text of the schedules.
Internet Public
Library (IPL) International Business Reference
The selected list of well-annotated links include "The Electronic Embassy",
an "International Business Practices Guide" the "International
Chamber of Commerce (ICC)" and "The International Political Economy
Network ".
Journal of Commerce (JOC Online)
The Journal of Commerce has articles on the business and on the politics of foreign trade.
You can enter terms in a search window.
TradePort
TradePort is operated by TradePort Partners, LLC, an international trade/defense
conversion initiative of the San Francisco
Bay Area Economic Forum and LA
TRADE of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.
VIBES: Virtual International
Business and Economics Sources
VIBES from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte "provides
over 1,300 links to Internet sources of international business and economic
information." The links include some to full-text articles.
World Bank
See Countries & Regions for
World Bank activities by country.
World Trade Organization
The "Trade Topics" link brings full text discussion of international
trade topics.
Africa Online
Business
See “News and Resources” for business news stories by African region.
MBendi
Information for Africa
Select the Country List (under Regions), which covers the world including Africa. After you
select a country a pull-down menu includes a choice for “More for this Country”. One
selection is “Doing Business”, for example, Doing
Business in Zimbabwe. The MBendi site might take more time to load
from here in Pomona, but it is worth the wait!
Bank of Hawaii Pacific Island Reports
Go here for the full text of economic reports for a wide selection of the Pacific Islands
(Samoa, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and more).
BISNIS (Business Information Service for
the Newly Independent States)
BISNIS is the US Department of Commerce's "one-stop shop" for
Russia and the other states of the former USSR. The data include Embassy Reports,
market reports, and lists of local contacts.
CEEBIC (Central and Eastern European Business
Information Center)
CEEBIC, also from the US Department of Commerce, does the same for the rest of the
countries of Eastern Europe.
REESWeb: Russian and East European
Studies From the University of Pittsburgh, REESWeb covers Russian
and East European studies on the Internet.
EU Business
Requires free registration, EU Business reports news, new legislation,
and on countries in Eastern Europe seeking to join the European Union (see East
Europe link under Countries in left margin).
EuropeMedia.net
For news about the Internet, telecommunications, and other media for all of
Europe, East and West. You can select news by country.
Eurasianet.org
For news and analysis on Central Asia, including Armenia, Georgia, and the ...stan countries
(Uzbekistan, etc.), Eurasianet includes a “Business and Economics” link.
Russian-American Chamber of Commerce®
Find practical, knowledgeable expertise for American companies who do business in Russia.
The Russia Journal
Online, the top read English language business weekly, for opinion, insight, and analysis: news!.
Rusmarket.com
Russia on the Net
Internet sites for companies, or which include companies, in Russia and former USSR states.
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)
See especially the “Statistics” link at the top of the page for financial and economic data.
EU Business
Requires free registration, EU Business reports news, new legislation, and other matters likely
to effect business.
Market Access Database
The Commission of the European Union offers reports from list of countries.
The reports are detailed and include overviews of barriers to foreign companies.
EuropeMedia.net
For news about the Internet, telecommunications, and other media for all of
Europe, East and West. You can select news by country.
NAFTA
From US Customs and Border Protection, a page with links to information on the North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Ali and Partners; Middle Eastern Laws
A Washington, DC law firm presents the full text of Doing Business in .... guides.
AME Info: Middle East Business Information
Subtitled “The ultimate Middle East business resource”, AME Info includes country
guides.
Arab Data Net
ArabDataNet includes country profiles, full text news, a company directory, and more.
MENA Business
Free registration for business to business resources, which includes a company directory,
an events calendar, and country information.
Trade Arabia
This site includes full text industry news.
ZAWYA
Business and financial news for the region including news by country.