Below you find an annotated list of web links that cover a wide range of issues related to international business management.

Government of Canada Sources

The Strategis Guide to Exporting

Strategis is a service provided by Industry Canada. Over the years it has grown into a formidable source of information on international trade issues with a Canadian perspective. The two most information Strategis service follow immediately below.

Trade Data Online (Strategis)

This service provides a search interface to a wealth of information and trade statistics. Industry Canada provides Canadian and US trade data. Commodity data are available at the internationally comparable 6-digit Harmonized System level. Industry data are also available using Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes.

Canada Business - Exporting

Here you find helpful guides for writing up an export plan. A highly recommended starting point for your course assignment. You should have a look at the page describing how to create a successful export plan. Team Canada has also published A Step-by-Step Guide to Exporting.

InfoExport - The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service

The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) has put together a set of country reports and industry sector reports. This complements the information from Industry Canada's web site.

Agri-Food Trade Service Online

Trade and marketing information from Agriculture and Agrifood Canada.

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)

Lots of useful information about importing and exporting. The CBSA maintains reports up-to-date border delay times. For learning about customs rules related to exporting, read their A Handy Customs Guide for Exporters, and consult the Canadian Harmonized System Classification Codes.

Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)

The CITT operates within Canada's trade remedies system. It is an independent quasi-judicial body that reports to Parliament through the Minister of Finance. Its key mandate is to conduct inquiries into whether dumped or subsidized imports have caused, or are threatening to cause, material injury to a domestic industry.

Export Development Canada (EDC)

EDC provides insurance and financing for exporters. They also provide bonding, which provides buyer with a guarantee of the exporter's performance.

Virtual Trade Commissioner

This is an electronic leads system of the Government of Canada's DFAIT. Subscribers receive information about emerging export opportunities, market and sector specific information, and business leads.

UBC Resources

PACIFIC Exchange Rate Service

This is a popular web service I maintain. It provides daily-updated exchange rates and a database retrieval and plot interface for historic exchange rates

International Financial Statistics

This is the main database of the International Monetary Fund. It provides annual, quarterly, and monthly data for key economic indicators of all IMF member countries. It can be a bit difficult to navigate without the print version.

U.S. Government Resources

CIA World Fact Book

This source provides overviews of all countries in the world.

International Trade Administration (ITA)

The ITA is a branch of the U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Government Export Portal

This site provides assistance to potential exports. It features overviews, market reports, links to other U.S. trade promotion agencies, and trade statistics.

A Basic Guide to Exporting

prepared by the U.S. Department of Commerce with the assistance of Unz & Co., Inc.

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

This is another branch of the U.S. Department of Commerce. On their web site you find up-to-date statistics on the U.S. economy.

U.S Census Bureau Trade Statistics

This site provides free summary statistics for U.S. trade. A more comprehensive database (but unfortunately fee-based) is STAT-USA and its sister service USA Trade Online.

North American Free Trade Agreement

NAFTA Secretariat

This site provides access to all the legal documents, including the full text of the NAFTA agreement

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

APEC Secretariat

Starting point for further information.

APEC Tariff Database

The easy way to find tariff information for the APEC member economies. Tariff schedules, concessions, prohibitions.

Miscellaneous Sources

The International Business Resource Connection

A well maintained directory of starting points, from the Business School of the University of Kansas

Canadian NewsWire

This is an up-to-date information service that provides access to the latest information on individual companies in Canada.

Transparency International

If you want to find out about corruption in a particular country, this site provides many insights as well as a ranking called the Corruption Perception Index.

Lex Mercatoria

A very comprehensive web site with text of international treaties and international economic law.