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) 2 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=5 528 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) – 3 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 4 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 5 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 6 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 7 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 8 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 9 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) – 10 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 11 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 12 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 13 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