International Business

Trade Finance Guide
Trade Finance Guide A Quick Reference for U.S. Exporters is designed to help U.S. companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, learn the basics of trade finance so that they can turn their export opportunities into actual sales and achieve the ultimate goal of getting paid—especially on time—for those sales. Concise, two-page chapters offer the basics of numerous financing techniques, from open accounts, to forfeiting, to government assisted foreign-buyer financing.

Trade Finance Guide.pdf

• Perspectives on Responsible Business Practices in the Middle East Interview with Alex Zalami
  
• Business Practices Training in Asia by Amber Kelleher
• The Status of Business Ethics: A U.K. Perspective by Simon Webley
• Business and Economics: U.S. and Latin America Attitudes by Lori Tansey Martens
• Chinese Perceptions of Business Ethics by Kristen Day
• Creating an Open and Non-Retaliatory Workplace by Emily Heard and William Miller

	Top U.S. Export Markets; FTA and Country Fact Sheets		India Business Center
	2008 National Export Strategy		International Trade Update September-October
	US Commercial Service China		International Trade Administration

Stop Trade Fakes, Protect Your IP Abroad

Intellectual property rights (IPR) encourage the innovation and creativity that are fundamental to sustained economic growth. This booklet, part of the federal government's Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP!), provides basic information on how to obtain and enforce intellectual property rights both domestically and abroad. Complete contact information is given for all of the federal agencies responsible for copyright registration, patent and trademark protection, and border enforcement.


Top US Export Markets: Free Trade Agreement and Country Factsheet

Department of Commerce

BuyUSA.gov

International Trade Administration

Asian Countries

China

Trade Opportunities for US Businesses

Middle East

Assistance

Export Assistance