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Global Business Trade

Federation of International Trade Associations FITA)
Source for international import export trade leads, events, and links to 8,000 international trade (export import) related Websites.

Global Customs Compliance Ltd
An innovative and highly respected firm of specialist customs and international trade consultants. We specialize in the creation of global international trade and customs solutions and strategies for multi-nationals and mid market clients, encompassing inter alia customs, freight management and systems.

U.S. Customs Regulations
Provides customs information regarding regulations, harmonized tariff schedules, and more.

Export.gov
Brings together resources from across the U.S. Government to assist American businesses in planning their international sales strategies and succeed in today’s global marketplace.

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Negotiates directly with foreign governments to create trade agreements, to resolve disputes, and to participate in global trade policy organizations.

Trade Compliance Center
One-stop shop for getting U.S. government assistance in resolving the trade barriers or unfair situations you encounter in foreign markets.

International Trade Centre
Helps to enable small business export success in developing countries by providing trade development programmes to the private sector, trade support institutions and policymakers.

Global Issues
This web site looks into global issues that affect everyone and aims to show how most issues are inter-related. Over 550 articles on this site. The issues discussed range from trade, poverty and globalization, to human rights, geopolitics, the environment, and much more. Spread over these articles, there are over 7,000 links to external articles, web sites, reports and analysis to help provide credence to the arguments made on this web site.

International Trade Administration
Provides you access to ITA's valuable information and services regarding U.S. international trade policy.

Country Profiles from World Trade Press
Publishes a wide variety of in-depth travel and trade information products in print and online.

KU International Business Resource Connection
Information on international business trade resources and much more.

European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
An intergovernmental organisation set up for the promotion of free trade and economic integration to the benefit of its four Member States: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

TradeRoots
Developed by the United States Chamber of Commerce, TradeRoots is a trade education program dedicated to raising grassroots support and public awareness about the importance of international trade to local communities. It provides information about trade's impact to the different U.S. states, as well as services that the Chamber provides to U.S. companies engaging in foreign trade. There are links to guides for small businesses for importing and exporting.

U.S. Department of Agriculture - Foreign Agricultural Service
To create economic opportunity for American agriculture by expanding global markets.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Information on U.S. trade laws.

U.S. International Trade Commission
An independent federal agency determining import injury to U.S. industries in antidumping, countervailing duty, and global and China safeguard investigations; directing actions against unfair trade practices involving patent, trademark, and copyright infringement.

SICE - Foreign Trade Information System
The Foreign Trade Information System web site includes the full-text of all western hemisphere trade agreements, including NAFTA, MERCOSUR, CARICOM, and GATT; information on dispute settlement procedures; investment treaties; intellectual property rights; and links to sites providing quantitative trade data and other useful information.

U.S. Census Bureau - Foreign Trade Division
Classification codes used in international commerce for products, countries, and customs districts. Also has Export Codes.

World Trade Organization (WTO)
Global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business.