TABLE:
FREE INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW WEBSITES
Organization
Website Address
A
Advisory Center on WTO Law
Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce
AFL-CIO Solidarity Center
African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) Group of
States
African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
African Union
American Bar Association (ABA)
Section of International Law
American Farm Bureau
American Society for International Law (ASIL)
–
Election Information System for International
Law
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
forum
Association of South East Asian Nations
(ASEAN)
Australian Bureau of Agriculture Resource
Economics (ABARE)
Australia –
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
(DFAT)
www.acwl.ch
www.a-acc.org
www.solidaritycenter.org
www.acpsec.org
www.agoa.gov
www.africa-union.org
www.abanet.org/intlaw/
www.fb.org
www.eisil.org
www.adb.org
www.apec.org
www.aseansec.org
www.abare.gov.au
www.dfat.gov.au
B
Bank for International Settlements
Bankers Association for Finance and Trade
Bilaterals.Org
BioSafety Clearinghouse
Brazil –
Embassy of Brazil in the United States
(Washington, D.C.)
Business Roundtable
www.bis.org
www.baft.org
www.bilaterals.org
http://bch.biodiv.org
www.brasilemb.org
www.businessroundtable.org
C
Cairns Group
Canada –
Department of Foreign Affairs and International
Trade (DFAIT)
Canada –
International Trade Canada (CITC)
Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Catholic News Service
Center for Transnational Law (CENTRAL)
University of Cologne (Germany)
China –
Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM)
Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex)
Commonwealth Secretariat
Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
Consultative Group on International Agricultural
Research
Convention on Biological Diversity
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
www.cairnsgroup.org
www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca
www.itcan-cican.gc.ca
www.citt.gc.ca
www.caricom.org
www.catholicnews.com
www.tlbd.net
http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/
www.codexalimentarius.net
www.thecommonwealth.org
www.cbi.org.uk
www.cgiar.org
www.cbd.int
www.cfr.org
D
E
East African Community (EAC)
Economic Commission for Latin America and
the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Economic Community of Central African States
(ECCAS)
Economic Community of West African States
(ECOWAS)
Environmental Working Group
(lists recipients of American agricultural
subsidies)
European Central Bank (ECB)
European Centre for International Political
Economy (ECIPE)
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www.eac.int
www.eclac.org
www.ceeac-eccas.org
www.ecowas.int
www.ewg.org
www.ecb.int
www.ecipe.org
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
European Judicial Network in Civil and
Commercial Matters
European Union (EU)
European Union (EU) –
Director General of Trade (DG Trade)
European Union (EU) –
Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of
Chemicals (REACH)
www.efta.int
www.ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/
http://europa.eu.int
http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade
http://ec.curopa.eu/environment/chemicals/
reach/
F
Fairtrade Labeling Organizations International
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
www.fairtrade.net
www.fao.org
www.ftaa-alca.org
G
Geary Kamis System –
www.stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=5
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For estimated synthetic world market agricultural
prices
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/icp/
icpo_htm.htm
www.fao.org/es/ess/top/prices_en.htm
www.gefweb.org
http://wsp.presidencia.gov.co/
Especiales/2011/Documents
Global Environment Facility
Government of Colombia,
Office of the President
(for June 2006 Tripartite Agreement and other
labor reforms implemented pursuant to the
United States – Colombia Free Trade
Agreement)
Group of Thirty
www.group30.org
H
Hague Conference on Private International Law
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
(HKSAR) –
Department of Trade and Industry
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
(HKSAR) –
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www.hcch.net
www.tid.gov.hk
www.tid.gov.hk/english/trade_relations/
hkefta
Department of Trade and Industry
2011 Free Trade Agreement between Hong Kong
and the European Free Trade Association
(EFTA)
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
www.gov.hk
(HKSAR) –
Government of Hong Kong
I
India
(Directory of Official Websites of the
Government of India)
India –
Department of Commerce,
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Institute for International Finance (IIF)
Institute of International Banking
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on
Agriculture
Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and
Biotechnology
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable
Development (ICTSD)
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
International Energy Agency
International Food Policy Research Institute
International Fund Agriculture Development
International Grains Council
International Labor Organization
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Plant Protection Convention
International Program on Chemical Safety
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
International Seed Federation
International Seed Testing Association
International Telecommunications Union
International Tropic Timber Organization
International Union of Food Science and
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http:///goidirectory.nic.in
http://commerce.nic.in
www.iif.com
www.iib.org
www.iadb.org
www.iica.int
www.who.int/ifcs
www.icgeb.trieste.it
www.ictsd.org
www.iccwbo.org
www.icj-cij.org
www.iea.org
www.ifpri.org
www.ifad.org
www.igc.org.uk
www.ilo.org
www.imf.org
www.ippc.int
www.who.int.ipcs/en/
www.irri.org
www.worldseed.org
www.seedtest.org
www.itu.int
www.itto.or.jp
www.iufost.org
Technology
International Union for the Protection of New
Varieties (UPOV)
International Water and Sanitation Centre
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers
www.upov.int
www.irc.nl
www.icann.org
J
Japan –
Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry
(METI)
www.meti.go.jp
K
Kansas –
Trade Development,
State of Kansas Department of Commerce
Kansas City –
International Affairs and Trade Office of Kansas
City
Kansas City –
International Relations Council of Kansas City
Kansas City –
International Trade Council of Greater Kansas
City
Kenya –
Kenyan Institute for Public Policy Research
(KIPPRA)
Korea –
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT)
Kyoto Protocol
(official website)
www.kdoch.state.ks.us
www.kcmo.org/international
www.irckc.org
www.itckc.org
www.kippra.org
www.mofat.go.kr
http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol
L
Lex Mercatoria
(collection of international cases, conventions,
model laws and treaties)
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
www.lexmercatoria.org and
www.jus.uio.no/lm
www.lsuagcenter.com
M
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Make Trade Fair
Maximum Residue Levels
www.maketradefair.org
www.codexalimentarius.net
www.mrldatabase.com
www.clubdeparis.org
www.mercosur.org
www.economia.gob.mx
MERCOSUR
Mexico –
Ministry of the Economy
(Secretaría de Economía)
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Militarily Critical Technologies List (MCTL)
Moldova –
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European
Integration of the Republic of Moldova
www.mcc.gov
www.un.org/millenniumgoals
www.dtic.mil/mctl/
www.mfa.md
N
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC)
New York –
Customs and International Trade Bar
Association (CITBA)
New Zealand –
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)
Nobel Prizes
North American Agreement on Environmental
Cooperation (NAAEC)
North American Commission on Environment
Cooperation
North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
www.nam.org
www.nftc.org
www.citba.org
www.fta.govt.nz
www.nobelprize.org
www.naaec.gc.ca
www.cec.org
www.nafta-sec-alena.org
www.nato.int
O
Observatory of European and Comparative
Private Law
(University of Girona, Catalonia, Spain)
Organization of American States (OAS)
civil.udg.es/epclp
www.oas.org
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Organization of American States –
Department of International Legal Affairs
Organization of American States – Trade Unit
Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC)
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Oxfam United States
Oxfam United Kingdom
www.oas.org/dil
www.sice.oas.org
www.oecd.org
www.opec.org
www.oic-oci.org
www.opic.gov
www.oxfamamerica.org
www.oxfam.org.uk
P
Pan American Health Organization
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of
America
(PhRMA)
Public Citizen
Public Citizen Global Trade Watch
www.paho.org
www.phrma.org
www.citizen.org
www.tradewatch.org
Q
R
Royal Institute for International Affairs
(United Kingdom)
Royal Society for Asian Affairs
(United Kingdom)
www.chathamhouse.org.uk
www.rssa.org.uk
S
Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of) –
Tariff Schedule
Secretariat for Central American Economic
Integration (SIECA)
South Africa
Department of Foreign Affairs
South African Customs Union (SACU)
South Asian Association for Regional
www.customs.gov.sa/CustomsNew/tariff/
trfmain_E.aspx
www.sieca.org.gt
www.dfa.gov.za
www.sacu.int
www.saarc-sec.org
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Cooperation (SAARC)
South Centre
Southern African Development Community
(SADC)
Sustainable Development Gateway
www.southcentre.org
www.sadc.int
www.sdgateway.net
T
Taiwan –
Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT)
Texas Tech University –
Cotton Economics Research Institute
Third World Network (Singapore)
T. M. C. Asser Institute
(Private International Law Database)
Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa
(TRALAC)
Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue (TABD)
Transparency International
eweb.trade.gov.tw
www.aaec.ttu.edu/ceri
www.twnside.org.sg
www.asser.nl/ipr/index.html
www.tralac.org
www.tabd.com
www.transparency.org
U
Non-United States Government Websites
United Maghreb Arab Union
(UMAU)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Commission on Sustainable
Development
United Nations Commission for International
Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
United Nations Commission on International
Trade Law (UNCITRAL) –
Case Law on UNICTRAL Texts (CLOUT)
United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification
United Nations Department of Economic and
Social Affairs
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific
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www.maghrebarabe.org
www.un.org
www.un.org/esa/sustdev
www.uncitral.org
www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/case_law.html
www.unctad.org
www.unccd.int
www.un.org/esa/desa.html
www.undp.org
www.unescap.org
(UNESCAP)
United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe
United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change
United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO)
United Nations International Institute for the
Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
United Nations International Law Commission
(ILC)
UNILAW
(Database of Uniform Law Conventions,
maintained by UNIDROIT)
UNILEX
(Database of International Contract Law and
Cases, maintained by UNIDROIT)
United Nations International Strategy for
Disaster Reduction
United Nations Joint Program on HIV/AIDS
United Nations University
United Nations World Food Program
United Nations World Tourism Organization
(UNWTO)
United States Coalition of Service Industries
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
(USCCB)
(social justice, including international, issues)
United States Council for International Business
USA – Engage
Universal Postal Union
University of Arkansas –
National Agricultural Law Center
University of Kansas,
School of Law –
International Trade Law Web Page
www.unece.org
www.unesco.org
unfccc.int
www.unido.org
www.unidroit.org
www.un.org/law/ilc
www.unidroit.info
www.unilex.info
www.unisdr.org
www.unaids.org
www.unu.edu
www.wfp.org
www.world-tourism.org
www.uscsi.org
www.nccbuscc.org
www.uscib.org
www.usaengage.org
www.upu.int
www.nationalaglawcenter.org
General University of Kansas Wheat Law
Library:
http://law.ku.edu/wheat-law-library
International Trade Law Documents:
http://guides.law.ku.edu/intltrade
www.economics.adelaide.edu.au
University of Southern Australia Adelaide
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University of Toronto –
Munk Centre for International Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca
U, continued –
United States Government Executive Branch Websites
Agency for International Development (USAID)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) World Fact
Book
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Department of Agriculture (USDA) –
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS)
Department of Agriculture (USDA) –
Economic Research Service (ERS)
Department of Agriculture (USDA) –
Farm Services Agency (FSA)
Department of Agriculture (USDA) –
Foreign Agricultural Service
Department of Commerce (DOC)
Department of Commerce (DOC) –
Balance of Payments (BOP) Statistics,
Census Bureau
Department of Commerce (DOC) –
Balance of Payment (BOP) Statistics,
Bureau of Economic Analysis,
Department of Commerce (DOC) –
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
Department of Commerce (DOC) –
Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs)
Department of Commerce (DOC) –
Import Administration (IA)
Department of Commerce (DOC) –
International Trade Administration (ITA)
Department of Commerce (DOC) –
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
Department of Commerce (DOC) –
Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA),
International Trade Administration (ITA)
Department of Commerce (DOC) –
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www.usaid.gov
www.cia.gov
www.cia.gov/library/publications/
the-world-factbook/index.html
www.cbp.gov
www.aphis.usda.gov
www.ers.usda.gov
www.fsa.usda.gov
www.fas.usda.gov
www.doc.gov
www.census.gov/foreign-trade
www.bea.gov
www.bis.doc.gov
http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ftzpage
www.ita.doc.gov/import_admin/records
www.ita.doc.gov
www.noaa.gov
otexa.ita.doc.gov
www.tcc.export.gov
Trade Compliance Center (TCC)
Department of Commerce –
Trade Stats Express,
Office of Trade and Economic Analysis,
International Trade Administration (ITA)
Department of Defense (Pentagon)
Department of Defense –
Special Operations Forces Command
Department of Energy (DOE) –
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) –
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Department of Labor (DOL)
Department of Labor (DOL) –
Education and Training Administration
(for Trade Adjustment Assistance)
Department of State
Department of State –
Office of the Legal Advisor
Department of Transportation (DOT) –
Federal Highway Administration (FHA)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Export Import Bank
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
(FMCSA)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
International Trade Commission (ITC)
Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)
Trade and Development Agency (TDA)
United States Trade Representative (USTR)
tse.export.gov
www.dod.gov
www.socom.mil
www.eia.doe.gov
www.dhs.org
www.tsa.gov
www.dol.gov
www.doleta.gov
www.state.gov
www.state.gov/s/l
www.fhwa.dot.gov
www.epa.gov
www.exim.org
www.fmcsa.dot.gov
www.ice.gov
www.usitc.gov
www.uspto.gov
www.tda.gov
www.ustr.gov
U, continued –
United States Government, Non-Executive Branch Websites
Congress –
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Congress –
Congressional Reports of the United States
Congress
Congress –
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
www.cbo.gov
www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports
www.gao.org
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Congress –
House of Representatives
Congress –
Senate
Courts –
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC)
Courts –
Court of International Trade (CIT)
Embassies –
Embassy in China (Beijing)
Federal Reserve –
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Law –
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Law –
Government Printing Office (GPO)
(includes Federal Register Notices, Public Law
Texts)
Law –
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS)
Law –
Library of Congress
Law –
United States Code (U.S.C.)
(including Title 19)
President of the United States –
White House
www.house.gov
www.senate.gov
www.cafc.uscourts.gov
www.cit.uscourts.gov
www.usembassy-china.org.cn
www.newyorkfed.org
www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
www.gpoaccess.gov
www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/bychapter/index.html
thomas.loc.gov
www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
www.whitehouse.gov
V
Vatican (The Holy See)
www.vatican.va
W
Washington International Trade Association
(WITA)
Wassenaar Arrangement
West African Economic and Monetary Union
(UEMOA)
World Bank
World Conservation Union
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www.wita.org
www.wassenaar.org
www.uemoa.int
www.worldbank.org
www.iucn.org
World Council of Churches
World Courts
(Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ),
Central American Court of Justice,
International Commissions of Inquiry,
International Prize Court,
Economic Court of the Commonwealth of
Independent States)
World Customs Organization (WCO)
World Economic Forum
(Davos Summit)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Health Organization (WHO) –
Global Health Atlas
World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO)
World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) –
Collection of Laws for Electronic Access
(CLEA)
World Meteorological Organization
World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
World Social Forum
World Trade Organization (WTO)
X
Y
Z
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www.wcc-coe.org
www.worldcourts.com
www.wcoomd.org
www.weforum.org
www.who.int
http://globalatlas.who.int
www.wipo.int
www.wipo.int/clea/en
www.wmo.ch/index-en.html
www.oie.int
www.forumsocialmundial.org
www.wto.org