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Internet International Trade Links

The following list will take you to a number of sites with information about trade. Some are more useful than others. Link about and enjoy exploring them. While we try to keep this list up to date, due to the constantly changing nature of the WWW it is possible that some links have been superceded. Please let us know if any links have expired, or if you have have a site that should be added. Comments and suggestions for improvements are always welcome.


U.S. Federal Government and U.S. Law Sites

The U.S. Customs Service site has become quite useful in recent months. While it does not yet equal Customs' Electronic Bulletin Board, it is quickly bridging the gap. Information such as the Valuation Encyclopaedia , Informed Compliance Publications , Country of Origin Marking and Current Textile Quota Restraint Levels are available, plus much more. The searchable rulings database is still not as able as its commercial competitors, but the price is right. For the most complete Customs information you will have keep checking our site or make do with Customs' Electronic Bulletin Board, which can be reached at (703) 460-6155. The Customs Inspector Homepage is an unofficial link maintained by a northern border inspector in Buffalo, New York. For Customs Enforcement information, including pictures of the 10 most wanted fugitives, see the The Office of Investigations Homepage for South Florida Customs.

The Department of Commerce - International Trade Administration has useful information about importing and exporting. The Import Administration page has good links to information concerning antidumping and countervailing duties, although the antidumping manual available here has not been updated since the implementation of the Uruguay Round Trade Agreements Act, which was effective January 1, 1995. Also available for downloading are the proposed antidumping/countervailing duty regulations and public comments filed in electronic form. The full text of the Uruguay Round Agreement and implementing U.S. legislation is also available in the ITA's Internet Library. The Foreign Trade Zones Board has information about FTZs, which are locations where special Customs procedures are in effect.

The Bureau of Export Administration , a division of the Commerce Department, has recently put much useful information at its site. An unofficial site for the Western Regional Office of the Bureau of Export Administration also has useful information about export controls. The National Trade Data Bank is a good place to access export information, but it requires registration and a fee. The U.S. Council for International Business also has useful export information, although the site is currently under construction. The Office of Foreign Assets Control at the Treasury Department lists the countries which are subject to U.S. sanctions

The United States International Trade Commission is a good site for trade information, including the complete Harmonized Tariff Schedule and full public versions of official reports since ?????.

The United States Trade Representative has much substantive content such as the full text of the annual list of foreign trade barriers. See, for example, the 1997 Trade Policy Agenda and 1996 Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program or the Guide to the United States Generalized System of Preferences. There is also a list of all 301 cases. Watch this site to see the official U.S. position on trade disputes.

The Small Business Administration has an international trade page with information about importing and exporting as well as links to other sites such as the Export-Import Bank.

The Library of Congress - THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet is a good site to find legislation affecting foreign trade. No commentary, just the facts.

The Federal Register and Other Government Publications can be found at the Northwestern University's library site, one of several places from which GPO publications can be accessed. Find things such as new Customs' directives and current antidumping duty rates (including the official date a deposit rate begins) as published in the Federal Register. An "Acrobat" reader is necessary to view these files offline in the original 3-column format.

NAFTA information can be found at The Southern California Association of Law Libraries site, as well as at the Customs and USTR sites.

Other Federal Sites

If the above is not enough, check out The Federal Web Locator at Villanova University. This contains an exhaustive list of federal government Internet sites.

Foreign Government and Other Links

The U.S. Government is not the only one which has been busy spending money to get online. Our trading partners government's home pages provide the official word for many trade matters. The following is a selection for government and other home pages of major trading partners of the U.S.

Canada

The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada is a good site for information about Canadian trade. There previously was an impressive heraldic seal, a remnant of the British Commonwealth heritage, on this home page. However, this has been replaced by a globe, which is perhaps a harbinger of a future in which Canada divorces itself from the Commonwealth, and sworn allegiance to the British Crown.

Europe

Check the home page of the World Trade Organization to get the latest on the U.S. beef with the EU. Also see Europa, the site of the European Union, with links to government sites at each of the 15 member countries.

Central and South America

The Organization of American States Information System Sistema de Información al Comercio Exterior (Foreign Trade Information System - SICE) has information about trade relating to Central and South America.

Hong Kong

The official home page of the soon-to-be-history British Crown Colony of Hong Kong has handsome herald (lion and dragon). See it before the lease runs out. There is a big graphic (176k) on this page.

China

There is a wealth of business information at the US China Management Education and Training Initiative of the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Electronic Sources: China is a page with links to many interesting sites relating to business in China prepared by the University of Melbourne (Australia) Department of Economic History.

Japan

Our friends across the Pacific have spent some money on attractive pages with useful information. The Foreign Ministry has good pages with interesting links. Get the official word from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, including an official white paper on the film (Kodak vs. Fuji) issue. Other official Japanese Government WWW Servers can be found at the Prime Minister's site.

Other Links

For research, the International Trade Law Project at University of Tromsø, Norway, the Trade and Commercial Relations page at The Fletcher School of Diplomacy at Tufts University and the International Business Resources on the World Wide Web at the Michigan State University Center for International Business Education and Research sites contain much information, as well as additional links. For general regional information, see the CIA World Factbook site. Also, see the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva for a link to Final Act of the Uruguay Round. An interesting commercial link, Asian Sources Online, claims to be a comprehensive database of Asian products and suppliers for numerous commodities. Several periodicals, etc. are available from this site for a fee.

News Links

There is a wealth of international trade information available from newslinks on the net. Following is a personal list of favorites.

U.S.

Newspapers

Some of the national newspapers are online with full text, which often includes articles related to international trade. The New York Times is currently free, although it requires registration. The The Wall Street Journal requires both registration and, since September 21, 1996, a subscription fee. The daily Journal of Commerce regularly contains articles on trade and transportation related issues. A related site, PIERS Online, is a commercial service from which you can order information about import and export shipments.

Other Media Sources

National Public Radio is the site to check if you heard a particularly interesting piece on international trade by one of their commentators, such as T.R. Reid, on Morning Edition.

Japan

Much information in English is available from a growing list of news sources in this major trading nation. These sources have been updating their services frequently. The Asahi Evening News is a good site for those who want wake up news from Japan with their morning coffee. It publishes each evening (but not on weekends), which is the morning in the U.S. Find out first what new scandal has occurred in the economic or political world of Japan. The Mainichi Shimbun is a quick read of top stories. It also has an interesting sumo link with photos of the main contenders, but is sometimes dated. The Yomiuri Shimbun has a good number of articles. The Japan Times has a new address which seems to be faster. It has good reporting and each Sunday issues a compilation of stories for the preceding week. The Nihon Keizai Shimban is the site for Japanese business news, which is updated three times a day. There is no charge for access, but since the Nikkei has business ties to the Wall Street Journal, you can be sure they are watching how well the WSJ's recent change to a fee-based service works.

China

The China Daily, China's English newspaper, requires registration and a fee. For official periodicals in Chinese see the China Newspapers link


Other Links

Trade news be found in the Usenet at clari.biz.world_trade.

The Scholars Guide to the Internet, a University of Chicago history department site, has a compilation of not only academic links, but also many other useful links.

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