The World Trade Center of Central Pennsylvania invited me to talk about how business people can use the web to research trade opportunities outside the US. (It was a fun presentation, except for one of those Air Travel Trips From Hades, in which it took me 20 hours to get from Denver to Harrisburg, PA.)
Anyway, following are some of the resources that got the most interest:
- US Commercial Service -- great for Country Commercial Guides, "Best Markets For..." and market research reports
- Export.gov, the US government export portal, with databases of export trade leads
- National Trade Data Bank (STAT-USA): one of my favorite government sites. (Yeah, that's geeky, isn't it?)
- The International Trade section of Business.gov: a portal to federal agency sites devoted to international trade
- "Really Useful Links for International Trade": yes, that's the name of the site, and fairly self-explanatory
- "Really Useful Sites for International Trade Professionals": a free newsletter
- the International Trade Administration's list of sector analysts, by industry
This is by no means comprehensive, but gives a non-expert some good, authoritative starting points.
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