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Resources Related to International Trade

Databases

• Antitrust and Trade Regulation Daily (BNA)
  Follows developments from Congress, the White House, and state attorneys general and agencies affecting restrictive trade practice law. Coverage of judicial developments includes cases before the Supreme Court and other federal courts, as well as orders and rulings of the Federal Trade Commission. Coverage: 1991 – present.
• Antitrust and Trade Regulation Report (BNA)
  Federal, state, and international coverage of competition and deceptive trade practices law. Coverage: 1996 – present.
• China Trade Extra
  This database is part of the World Trade Online service. It provides access to news, documents, statements, U.S. policy, and more related to China and the World Trade Organization (WTO) as well as trade issues generally.
• EIU: Economist Intelligence Unit
  EIU provides analysis and forecasts of the political, economic and business environment in more than 180 countries. Includes reports on industries, country data (including economic indicators and forecasts) and daily country analysis. 1996 - present.
• International Business and Finance Daily (BNA)
  Database provides content from the daily publication (coverage begins January 2, 2001). Covers business news and financial reporting from reliable sources in the United States and around the world; key policy and regulatory developments in the U.S. and abroad; actions and initiatives of government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and other standard setting and regulatory bodies worldwide.
• International Trade Daily (BNA)
  This database covers information published on a daily basis about U.S. and foreign trade policy, with a focus on topics such as export incentives, financing, licensing, foreign investments, limits on imports, import relief, and adjustment assistance. The content includes news and trends in U.S. trade policy, including regulatory, legislative, and judicial developments; pertinent activities of the Int'l Trade Commission, Dep'ts of State, Treasury, and Commerce, World Trade Organization, and European Union; U.S. laws and agency actions likely to have an impact on imports and exports; trade law rulings from courts and administrative agencies; major international treaty negotiations and agreements; trade relationships and arrangements among U.S. trading partners; and international business developments, especially the global shift in regulation of trade in services. Coverage from September 11, 2000. trade and international business policy and the policies of major U.S. trading partners.
• International Trade Reporter (BNA)
  This electronic version of the publication provides "current information on laws, regulations, cases, and policy developments affecting U.S. trade, international business, and major U.S. trading partners, provided in this comprehensive multi part resource." Also available in print in the Wolff Library reference stacks at Call Number KF6656.5 .I58.
• OECD.Stat
  OECD.Stat enables users to search for and extract data from across the many databases included in SourceOECD Statistics. OECD.Stat includes data and metadata for OECD countries and selected non-member economies. You can build tables and extract data from across databases as well as work within individual databases.
• World Trade Online
  Immediate access to the latest in trade news. Each day's complete issue of Inside U.S. Trade, plus retrospective coverage going back 5 years. Also available: news from around the world and exclusive special reports.
• Worldtradelaw.net
  Provides detailed summaries and commentaries on WTO Panel and Appellate Body Reports. Each document provides a basic summary of the panel's or Appellate Body's legal findings and conclusions, a timeline, references to other reports and materials, and expert analysis on many of the key issues in the report. There is also access to the full text of the Panel and Appellate Reports. See Dispute Settlement Commentary Subscriber Log-in Area to access the commentaries.
• WTO Reporter (BNA)
  Daily coverage of news developments from and about the World Trade Organization.

Foreign and Int'l Guides

• Court of International Trade (U.S.)
  This research guide focuses on the United States Court of International Trade (USCIT), the U.S. federal court that deals most closely with this issue. It includes a history and background on the USCIT, case law access, legislation relating to the Court, court rules, and additional resources.
• Customs Law (International) Research Guide
  The focus of this research guide is on both print and electronic sources for researching international customs law. This includes sources from international organizations, major trade agreements, as well as international law sources generally.
• Foreign and International Antitrust Law Research Guide
  This guide is intended to assist you with researching foreign and international antitrust issues. It covers electronic sources, treatises, and specialized journals.
• From GATT to the WTO and Beyond Research Guide
  This guide focuses on the GATT and WTO. For more general sources on international trade, see our research guide, International Trade Law.
• International Trade Law Research Guide
  The focus of this guide is on international trade generally and on some of the major bilateral or multilateral agreements: NAFTA, GATT/WTO, FTA, and CAFTA.
• Resesearching International Economic Law on the Internet
  This guide brings together key databases, research sites, caselaw links, treaties, IGOs and national documents about international economic law in one convenient page. Under each topic, you will find links to recommended sites, the full text of international instruments, government documents and cases.
• WTO 2005 Hong Kong Ministerial Research Guide
  This guide is intended to help researchers find information on the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference. Additionally, the guide highlights past Ministerial Conferences and international trade research materials generally.

Treatise Finders

• International Trade Treatise Finder

U.S. Topical Guides

• Court of International Trade (U.S.)
  This research guide focuses on the United States Court of International Trade (USCIT), the U.S. federal court that deals most closely with this issue. It includes a history and background on the USCIT, case law access, legislation relating to the Court, court rules, and additional resources.
• Customs Law (U.S.) Research Guide
  This Guide is intended as a starting point for research in customs law at Georgetown Law Library.  It includes both primary and secondary materials, in both print and computerized formats.

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