Really Useful Sites For International Trade Professionals
Monday, February 18, 2002 Issue 27   VOLUME 2 ISSUE 4  
WELCOME
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Here's your latest issue of Really Useful Sites for International Trade Professionals. This free bi-weekly newsletter reviews useful Web sites from the Web Resources database at FITA's International Trade/ Import-Export Portal at http://fita.org, an excellent source for trade leads, news, events, and a link library of 7,000+ sites related to international trade.

Please feel free to pass this newsletter on to others.

My name is John McDonnell, and for some years I've been writing about useful Web sites for businesspeople, in various publications. For the past year I've focused on international trade, using my Web research skills to find sites that are useful for international businesspeople, and some sites that are just plain fun for anyone.


WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
http://www.weforum.org/

For anyone involved in international business, the World Economic Forum at www.weforum.org site is a gold mine of information. The WEF is an organization of international companies that calls itself "a platform for discussion, debate, and action on the key issues of the global agenda". At this site you'll find news, information, and reports about global business. Two parts that looked particularly good were the Knowledge Navigator at www.weforum.org/site/KnowledgeNavigator.nsf/Content/KB+Home+Page, which has reports on aspects of international business, and Worldlink at www.worldlink.co.uk, the Forum's online magazine.


OUR FEATURED REGIONAL SITE -- BISNIS
http://www.bisnis.doc.gov/

A host of new countries have arisen since the breakup of the Soviet Union, each with its own opportunities and challenges for international trade. You'll find a useful gateway to these countries at BISNIS at www.bisnis.doc.gov, a U.S. Department of Commerce site. There's loads of information here on countries like Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Tajikistan and Ukraine, to name just a few of what are called the Newly Independent States. There are detailed country reports, news stories, industry reports, trade leads, an events calendar, information on export financing, and more here.

There are lots more links to these countries at the FITA site. Go to FITA's International Trade Web Resources at www.fita.org/webindex, click on Regional Resources and Multi-Lateral Trading Areas in the left column or "Search by Country or Region" in the right column, and then scroll down to Europe and click on "Former Soviet Union". Note that some of the newly independent states are listed under the search box for Asia. Also, you can simply type the name of the country in the search box at http://www.fita.org/.


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EDMUNDS.COM
http://www.edmunds.com/

I don't know much about cars, other than that they cost a lot of money and they break down when you least expect them to. The next time I have a car question, however, I'm going to head for Edmunds.com at www.edmunds.com. This site has information on new and used cars, trucks, and other vehicles. Edmunds has prices, reviews, safety information, road test results, a way to buy aftermarket parts & accessories, message boards and chat rooms where you can talk to other car owners, and much more. The "True Market Value (TMV) New Vehicle Pricing Calculator" and the "TMV Used Vehicle Appraiser" are both extremely useful for accurately calculating the best selling price for a new vehicle or determining the actual trade-in or selling price of a used car or truck. Residents of the UK can access an Edmunds.com UK site, at www.edmunds.co.uk.


MAKE TRANSLATION WORK FOR YOU
http://fita.org/marketplace/ispeak.html

Do you need web site and document translation services focused on the Latin American and U.S. Hispanic markets? If so, FITA and iSpeak have the perfect solution for you! Trust your translation to us and you will receive the highest quality product, along with special FITA prices, discounts and referral fees. What else do you receive? iSpeak offers the largest resources for English-Spanish-Portuguese translation and localization projects with over 1200+ linguists mastering 25 Spanish and Portuguese dialects in 20+ categories, a customized project management team and…a 100% quality satisfaction guarantee. There is no risk to you so why wait? Click here ( www.fita.org/marketplace/ispeak.html ) to register your translation project now.


METAGRID
http://www.metagrid.com/

Need to find the major English and German language logistics publications? Want to find an article from Australian NetGuide? Require the latest updates from Fitness Online? If you're looking for a particular newspaper or magazine on the Web, MetaGrid at www.metagrid.com will help you find it. MetaGrid has a simple interface -- you just type in a keyword for the subject you're interested in, and MetaGrid will give you links to the publications that fit your criteria.


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