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International Business Law & Regulation
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Resources web pages:
Country Risk Analysis from Duke University.
Doing Business In… Ernst & Young has embedded "Doing business in country x..." guides within this site to provide an "overview of the investment climate, taxation, forms of business organization, and business and accounting practices in 141 countries.
Economist Intelligence Unit Full-text Country Reports,
Country Finance, and
Country Commerce. Tufts ID required.
European Commission Directorate General IV This division of the EC deals with "establishing and implementing a coherent competition policy for the European Union." This site offers information in anti-trust issues, competition policy, merger control, state intervention and liberalization and state aid. For each of these categories, the site contains the Official Journal plus documents, legislation and decisions.
GlobalEDGE From Michigan State University; links to resources in international business, including data, governments, news, exchanges, banks, trade and finance on global, regional and country- specific levels
Lex Mercatoria & International Trade/Commercial Law Monitor A comprehensive site housed at the University of Tromso in Norway which includes connections to trade documents, conventions, law resources, international organizations, news sources and technology law, among others. This site would be a good starting point for research.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) This site is loaded with useful statistical information and links to member and non-member sites. Their Statistics on External Debt, maintained in conjunction with the Bank of International Settlement, the World Bank and the IMF.
Transparency International An NGO "dedicated to increasing government accountability and curbing both international and national corruption." This site includes free access to TI's quarterly newsletter and publications, including its widely regarded "Corruption Perceptions Index." There is also a rich collection of full-text working papers, speech transcripts and press releases. See their list of links to other sites dedicated to fighting corruption.
UN Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (UNCISG) Housed at the Institute of International Commercial Law, this site is dedicated to the uniform international sales law. Includes CISG treaty texts, cases (in a searchable database), scholarly information on CISG and links to other International Trade sites.
UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
U.S. Department of Justice International Antitrust Documents Includes anti-trust enforcement guidelines, antitrust cooperation agreements, OECD recommendations, and information from the International Competition Policy Advisory Committee.
U.S. Department of State Private International Law Database (PILDB) Contains an extensive listing of documents, treaties, international projects in progress, trade/business transaction law, family law, rules, model laws and legal guides. Documents may be viewed online or downloaded at no cost.
U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control Part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, OFAC "administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions against targeted foreign countries, terrorism sponsoring organizations and international narcotics traffickers based on U.S. foreign policy and national security goals." The site includes information on sanctions in various countries (including Iran, Cuba, Myanmar, et. al.), regulations for banks, importers/exporters, securities, insurance and the tourism industries.
WWW Virtual Library International Affairs Resources: International Business and Economics.