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Statistics on Trade

Advocacy

Free Trade Agreements

Immigration

International Education

Publications & Other Policy Reseach Resources

How To
Conduct Trade

How to Trade

Trade Finance

Country Portals

Company Background Research

Trade Leads

Overseas
Trade Mission
Trade Shows

Standards & Regulations

Policy-Related Web Sites

Think Tanks
Institute for International Economics Center for Strategic and International Studies The Brookings Institute Cato Institute The Urban Institute Southern Growth Policies Board Progressive Policy Institute (PPI)	http://www.iie.com http://www.csis.org http://www.brookings.edu http://www.cato.org http://www.urban.org http://www.southern.org http://www.ppionline.org/
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Industry Organizations
U.S. Chamber of Commerce National Association of Manufacturers The International Chamber of Commerce For the language and cultural translation industry International Small Business Consortium	http://www.uschamber.org http://www.nam.org http://www.iccwbo.org http://www.gala-global.org http://www.isbc.com/Index.cfm
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Federal Agencies
1-Stop portal of information International Trade Administration, USDOC U.S. Small Business Administration U.S. Agency for International Development U.S. Trade Representative USDOC Market Access & Compliance Center U.S. Trade and Development Agency U.S. State Department US Customs & Border Protection, Dept. of Homeland Security Bureau of Labor Statistics U. S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns Bureau of Economic Analysis U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Citizen & Immigration Service (formerly INS) Foreign tourist information Selected state information on foreign tourism Foreign Agricultural Service U.S. International Trade Commission U.S. Customs & Border protection White House Library of Congress Overseas Private Investment Corporation U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA) United States-Asia Environmental Partnership, part of USAID USDA Foreign Agricultural Research USDOC National Marine Fisheries	http://www.export.gov http://www.ita.doc.gov http://www.sba.gov/oit/ http://www.usaid.gov http://www.ustr.gov http://www.mac.doc.gov http://www.tda.gov http://www.state.gov http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/ http://stats.bls.gov http://www.census.gov http://www.census.gov http://www.bea.doc.gov http://www.gao.gov http://www.immigration.gov http://tinet.ita.doc.gov http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/view/ http://www.fas.usda.gov http://www.usitc.gov http://www.customs.ustreas.gov http://www.whitehouse.gov http://www.loc.gov http://www.opic.gov ttp://www.tda.gov http://www.usaep.org http://ffas.usda.gov/ http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov
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State Government Organizations
Council of State Governments National Association of Secretaries of State National Association of State Development Agencies National Governors’ Association Southern Legislative Conference American Legislative Exchange Council	http://www.csg.org http://www.nass.org http://www.nasda.com http://www.nga.org http://slcatlanta.org http://www.alec.org/
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Global Organizations
World Bank United Nations Dept. of Economic & Social Affairs Access to embassy sites in Washington, D.C. Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development Inter-American Development Bank UN Com. on Trade & Dev. (UNTAD) Trade Analysis & Info. System Organization of American States (OAS) Foreign Trade Information System UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Trade Organization (WTO) International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Labor Organization UN home page in English	http://www.worldbank.org http://www.un.org/esa/policy/index.html http://embassy.org http://www.oecd.org http://www.iadb.org http://www.unctad-trains.org http://www.sice.oas.org http://www.unctad.org http://www.wto.org/ http://www.imf.org http://www.ilo.org http://www.un.org/english/
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Statistics on Trade
USDOC Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau U.S. International Trade Commission United Nations Statistical Division Search for Survey of Current Business Search for Survey of Current Business World Bank Country Data OECD statistics Import & export price statistics, BLS Foreign labor statistics, BLS	http://www.stat-usa.gov/stat-usa.html http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www http://dataweb.usitc.gov http://unstats.un.org/unsd/ http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/pubs.htm http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications http://www.worldbank.org http://www.oecd.org/statsportal http://www.bls.gov/mxp/#data http://www.bls.gov/fls
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Advocacy
U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s “Trade Roots” program U.S. Council for International Business Council on Foreign Relations Sister Cities International state by state listing Organization for International Investment (FDI) Federation of International Trade Associations Investment Promotion Network National Council of La Raza (Hispanic issues) Transatlantic business dialog (US-EU) American Association of Port Authorities USDOC Advocacy Center Coalition for Citizen Diplomacy	www.traderoots.org http://www.uscib.org http://www.cfr.org/index.php http://www.sister-cities.org/ http://www.ofii.org http://fita.org http://www.ipanet.net http://www.nclr.org/ www.tabd.com http://www.aapa-ports.org/ http://www.ita.doc.gov/l http://www.citizen-diplomacy.org/
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Free Trade Agreements
Free Trade Agreements compendium USTR site FTA policy of US Chamber USDOC’s Office of NAFTA Canada’s NAFTA site Mexico’s NAFTA OAS NAFTA site FTAA CAFTA	http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/tic/fta/ http://www.ustr.gov/ http://www.traderoots.org/ http://www.mac.doc.gov/nafta http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/ http://lanic.utexas.edu/ http://www.sice.oas.org/ www.ftaa-alca.org ht tp://www.uscafta.org/
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Immigration
Immigration lawyers association US Citizenship & Immigration Services The National Immigration Forum Immigration statistics	www.aila.org http://uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm http://www.immigrationforum.org http://uscis.gov/
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International Education
International exchange and study abroad National Council for Languages and International Studies National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition Modern Language Association American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Gilman study abroad scholarships for Pell Grant kids Center for Applied Linguistics Institute of International Education “Open Doors” foreign student exchange information Alliance for International Educational & Cultural Exchange The American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connection The East Asia Resource Center Southern Center for International Studies The ERIC Clearinghouse (social studies) International education advocacy overall, also focus on Asia Council on International Educational Exchange State Department educational grants	http://www.nafsa.org www.languagepolicy.org http://www.ncela.gwu.edu www.mla.org www.actfl.org http://www.iie.org/l http://www.cal.org www.iie.org http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/ http://www.alliance-exchange.org http://www.actfl.org http://www.educ.iastate.edu/ http://www.iecc.org http://staff.washington.edu/earc http://www.southerncenter.org http://www.indiana.edu http://www.asiasociety.org www.ciee.org http://exchanges.state.gov/
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Publications & Other Policy Reserach Rescources
The Financial Times Foreign Policy magazine Global Section of Business Week Bulletin of European economic and financial news Foundation supporting publication of topical books, including trade Comprehensive list of web sites with economic data Electronic commerce trends, IT market intelligence Internet trend research Yale Center for the Study of Globalization Harvard Center for International Development Pew Research (public opinion surveys) World Almanac CNN Latin America and teacher resources US Federal Business Opportunities English-language newspapers worldwide Journal of Commerce News on Latin America	http://news.ft.com www.foreignpolicy.com www.businessweek.com/globalbiz http://www.eurunion.org/ http://www.closeup.org http://www.econdata.net www.idcresearch.com www.forrester.com http://yaleglobal.yale.edu http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidtrade/ http://www.people-press.org http://www.aneki.com http://fyi.cnn.com http://www.fedbizopps.gov/ http://www.world-newspapers.com http://www.joc.com http://www.latin-focus.com
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How To Conduct Trade

How to Trade
US portal on how to trade USDOC Trade Information Center How to export for new-to-export How to start a business How to trade Global Information Network for SMEs (G-7 initiative) Terri Morrison’s “culture grams” Business cultures Michigan State University’s famous portal (California) comprehensive trade help site World Trade Center Association online Library of Congress trade information FITA’s list of good web sites High tech, multimedia marketing Maritime Global Net (lists of shippers) Export Legal Assistance Network, backed by USBA World Trade Point Federation (120 in 90 countries) National Association of Export Companies Small Business Exporter’s Association Market Access and Compliance (MAC)	www.export.gov www.trade.gov/td/tic www.going-global.com http://www.entrepreneur.com http://www.tradeport.org/tutorial/index.html http://www.gin.sme.ne.jp www.getcustoms.com http://www.executiveplanet.com http://msuglobalaccess.net http://www.tradeport.org http://world.wtca.org/portal/index.jsp http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html http://www.reallyusefulsites.org www.globalspeak.com www.mglobal.com http://www.fita.org/elan/ http://www.wtpfed.org/newsite/index1.php http://www.nexco.org http://www.sbea.org http://www.mac.doc.gov
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Trade Finance
TD Commercial trade finance International Finance Corporation, World Bank Foreign currency information U.S. Export-Import Bank Overseas Private Investment Corporation SBA site Asian Development Bank Inter-American Development Bank Universal Currency Converter USDOC Export Finance Matchmaker Private Export Funding Corporation (PEFCO), a secondary market	http://www.tdcommercialbanking.com http://www.ifc.org http://www.oanda.com http://www.exim.gov http://www.opic.gov http://www.sba.gov/financing/ http://www.adb.org http://www.iadb.org http://www.xe.net/currency http://web.ita.doc.gov/efm/efm.nsf http://www.pefco.com
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Country Portals
China information China Japan Asia Arab Arab India Latin America Africa	www.chinaonline.com http://www.chinasite.com http://www.jetro.go.jp/usa/ http://www.us-asean.org http://www.zawya.com http://www.arabdatanet.com http://www.tradeportalofindia.com http://www.latinworld.com http://www.agoa.gov/
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Company Background Research
The U.S. Exporters’ Yellow Pages, USDOC affiliated Thomas Register of American Manufacturers Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries Kompass International Trade Directories, search companies Dun & Bradstreet Unibex Foreign Partner Search Owens Online credit and background checks on foreign buyers Europe Manta Alacra, Inc.	http://myexports.com http://www.thomasregister.com http://www.uniworldbp.com http://www.kompass.com http://dnb.com/us http://www.unibex.com http://owens.com http://www.europages.net http://www.manta.com http://www.alacrastore.com
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Trade Leads
STAT-USA, National Trade Data Bank for a fee To locate USDOC offices in US and overseas Leads in multilateral development banks, consulting World's largest database of suppliers International Trade Data Network	http://www.stat-usa.gov http://web.ita.doc.gov http://www.mdba.com http://www.alibaba.com http://www.itdn.net
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Overseas Trade Mission and Trade Shows
USDOC trade events Exhibitor Networks Reed Exhibition Companies Tradeshow Week Online Allworld Exhibitions Trade show network High-tech trade show list High-tech trade show list	http://export.gov/comm_svc/tradeevents.html http://www.exhibitornet.com http://www.reedexpo.com http://www.tradeshowweek.com http://www.allworldexhibitions.com/ http://www.tsnn.com http://www.internettradeshowlist.com http://www.techweb.com/calendar/
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Standards & Regulations
National Center for Standards & Certification Info. International Standards Organization (ISO) The American National Standards Institute Office of Foreign Assets Control of US Treasury Office of Defense Trade Controls, State Department Sanctions information (Office of Foreign Assets Control) UNZ and Company, trade compliance	http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/210/ncsci/ncsci.htm http://www.iso.ch http://www.ansi.org http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/ http://www.pmdtc.org http://www.treas.gov http://www.unzco.com
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