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General Sources of Information

Governmental Sources

AcqNet - Acquisition Information
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Department of Commerce
           FedWorld.gov
          
International Trade Administration (ITA)
                    
Import Administration
                    
Market Access and Compliance
          
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
           National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
          
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
         
  STAT-USA - Business, Trade and Economic Information  (subscription necessary)
                    
GLOBUS & NTBD (subscription necessary)
          
U.S. Census Bureau - Foreign Trade Statistics
          
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Department of Labor

Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Federal Acquisition Jumpstation

Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
          A Guide to the United States Generalized System of Preferences
The Federal Register
The White House - Executive Office of the President of the United States
United States Copyright Office
United States Court of International Trade
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
         
Export Guide
         
Import Guide
         
NAFTA: Customs Information
 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
          
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS online)
          
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
United States House of Representatives
United States International Trade Commission (USITC) 
         
Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb 
          Tariff Affairs and Related Matters
         
Trade Assistance
United States Senate
United States Small Business Administration (SBA)
U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)

Other Sources

American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Internet International Business Exchange (IMEX)
Is-Trade - International Trading Service
National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO)
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
Trade Point Detroit / Windsor
Trade Point Illinois
Trade Point Los Angeles
U.S. Committee for the World Intellectual Property Organization
United States Council for International Business (USCIB)

Market Access

Department of Commerce
          Market Access and Compliance (MAC)
          National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
          STAT-USA - Business, Trade and Economic Information  (subscription necessary)
                    GLOBUS & NTDB (subscription necessary)
          U.S. Census Bureau - Foreign Trade Statistics
Hemispheric Trade and Tariff Database
 Inventory of National Practices on Standards, Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment in the Western Hemisphere
 Provisions on Standards and Conformity Assessment in Trade and Integration Arrangements of the Western Hemisphere
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
         
NAFTA: Customs Information
         
Summary of laws enforced by the CBP
         
Textiles and Quotas
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Office of Pesticide Programs
 WTO: Trade Policy Reviews

Agriculture
Hemispheric Trade and Tariff Database
 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)  
          Foreign Agricultural Services (FAS online)
                     FAS online: WTO Tariff Schedules
                    Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards
                   
Food Safety and Technical Services Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Office of Pesticide Programs
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
 
Government Procurement

AcqNet - Acquisition Information
Federal Acquisition Jumpstation
General Accounting Office
National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO)

 National Legislation, Regulations and Procedures Regarding Government Procurement in the Americas 
 

Investment

 Foreign Investment Regimes in the Americas: A Comparative Study
 

Competition Policy

Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Competition
 Inventory of Domestic Laws and Regulations Relating to Competition Policy in the Western Hemisphere 
Inventory of the Competition Policy Agreements, Treaties and other Arrangements Existing in the Western Hemisphere
U.S. Department of Justice - Antitrust Division
          Antitrust Case Filings

Intellectual Property Rights

 Directory of National Authorities on Intellectual Property
 National Legislation
United State Copyright Office
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
 

Services

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Department of Commerce

          Bureau of Economic Analysis
          Office of Service Industries, Tourism and Finance (SIF)
 Provisions on Trade in Services in Trade and Integration Agreements in the Western Hemisphere
 Sectoral Agreements on Services in the Western Hemisphere 
United States International Trade Commission (USITC)
         
General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS): Examination of South American Trading Partners' Schedules of Commitments
 

Dispute Settlement
International Conventions Governing Private Commercial Arbitration: Panama, New York, Montevideo, and ICSID Conventions
Inventory of Dispute Settlement Mechanisms, Procedures and Legal Texts Established in Existing Trade and Integration Agreements, Treaties and Arrangements in the Hemisphere and in the WTO
NAFTA: Secretariat
Office of the Chief Counsel for International Commerce
WTO: Dispute settlement
 

Subsidies, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties

 Compendium of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws in the Western Hemisphere
International Trade Administration (ITA)
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Court of International Trade
United States International Trade Commission (USITC) 
 


 
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