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Useful international marketing websites
American Demographics: http://www.marketing-
tools.com/Publications/AD/Index.HTM
APEC – Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
(potentially the world’s largest economic
grouping):
http://www.apecsec.org.sg/apecpnewg.html
http://www.iijnet.or.jp/vj/p-asia/g-info/S1-J.html
APEC – Home Page of the Asia Pacific Eco-
nomic Cooperation Secretariat: http://www.apecse-
c.org.sg/apecnet.html
Asia Business Connection: http://asiabiz.com/
news.html
Asia Business Daily: http://infomanage.com/
~icr/abd
Canada Up Close: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca
CIA World Factbook: http://www.odci.gov/cia/pub-
lications/nsolo//wfb-help/index.htm
Currency Exchange: http://www.fx4business.com
ExportNet: http://www.exporttoday.com
International Business Forum: http://www.ibf.com
Mellinger Global Trade Center: http://www.tradezo-
ne.com/tz
Price Waterhouse: http://www.i-trade.com/infsrc/
pw
Statistical Agencies on the Internet:
http://www.science.gmu.edu/csi779/drope/
govstats.html
Statistics UK: http://www.emap.com\cso
Statistics USA: http://www.stat-usa.gov
Statistics Canada – reputedly the best govern-
mental statistical reporting service:
http://www.statcan.ca
TradePort – extensive information on inter-
national business: http://www.tradeport.org
Trade Statistics: http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/
foreign-trade/www/
TradeWave Galaxy – public and commercial
information and services: http://www.einet.net/
galaxy.html
Trading Standards Net – consumer legislation
and full list of product recalls: http://www.xode-
sign.co.uk/tsnet
Transition Brief – Newsletter of CCET (Centre
for Cooperation with Economies in Transi-
tion), OECD: http://www.oecd.org/sge/ccet/
UNDP – UN Development Program Human
Development Report 1997 discusses world
poverty and a six-point strategy for poverty
reduction: http://www.undp.org/undp/hdro/
index.htm
US Department of Commerce: http://www.doc.gov/
CommerceHomePage.html
US – Fedworld: http://www.fedworld.gov
US International Trade Commission (ITC) –
weekly updates of new trade dispute filings
and press releases: http://www.usitc.gov
US News and World Report Online:
http://www.usnews.com
US on EU: Country Report on Economic Policy