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Bureau
of Economic Analysis (includes national data such
as GDP along with industry, international, & regional data. GDP = Gross
Domestic Product; U.S. Department of Commerce) |
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
(includes inflation & consumer spending; wages, earnings, &
benefits; productivity; safety & health; international;
occupations; demographics, employment & unemployment, at a
glance tables; publications & research papers; industries;
business costs; geography; CPI, PPI, MPI, XPI, & ECI data. CPI
= Consumer Price Index; PPI = Producer Price Index; MPI =
Import Price Index; XPI = Export Price Index; ECI = Employment
Cost Index; U.S. Department of Labor) |
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Business
Information Service for the Newly Independent States
(BISNIS) (primary resource center for U.S. companies exploring
business opportunities in Russia & other Newly
Independent States; U.S. Department of Commerce) |
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Trade, Equity, and
Development (a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization
dedicated to developing solutions to
unwanted side effects of globalization
on the environment, jobs, income inequality, or other social issues) |
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CompetitiveAlternatives.com (an online
version of a study that compares business costs in North America,
Europe, & Asia-Pacific; can view report as a single document, by
chapter, or by industry) |
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EuroGuide (includes
information about the European Union) |
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Europa:
Gateway to the European Union |
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globalEDGE:
International
Business Resource Desk (includes
country insights, global resources, market potential
indicators, & glossary; Michigan State University) |
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International
Labour Organization |
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International
Monetary Fund |
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International
Trade Administration (U.S. Department of Commerce) |
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Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development (NFSD):
Business Ethics and Globalization (includes
selected articles & publications related to the basic issues of
corporate ethics & international business) |
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OECD:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (includes economic
information by topic & country & has statistics, publications
& documents, & news releases) |
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Trade
Development Alliance of Greater Seattle (includes a useful directory of international trade
organizations in Washington State & a Seattle Business
Directory of trade alliance members) |
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Washington
Council on International Trade: Web Links
(a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan association that promotes
trade in Washington State) |
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Web
Resources for International Economics & Business (Shippensburg University) |