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Wasserman Schneider & Babb provides access to the following links to assist in the study and research of customs and international trade law. If you have a site which you believe would be a good addition to this page send us an e-mail at wsb@customs.com.


The United States Customs Service is the agency responsible for administration and enforcement of the federal laws and regulations affecting the importation of merchandise into the United States, including the tariff statute and related laws governing the assessment of customs duties and entry of imported merchandise. You may also reach the Customs Service via its Electronic Bulletin Board by dialing (703) 440-6555 and setting your communications package to ANSI terminal, Databits=8, Stopbits=1, Parity=N. For further information, telephone (703) 440-6236.


The Office of the United States Trade Representative is an agency within the Executive Office of the President that has overall authority for the formulation and conduct of international trade policy by the United States government. At this site you can learn about the USTR's mission, read USTR press releases and speeches, and read the Administration's Trade Policy Agenda and reports on trade policy and programs.


The International Trade Administration and Internet Library in the Department of Commerce has operational responsibility for many major international trade functions, including administration of the antidumping and countervailing duty laws, export promotion, and commercial representation abroad. The Internet Library of the ITA's Import Administration contains resources on antidumping and countervailing duty cases.


The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) is a federal appellate court whose jurisdiction includes customs and international trade law appeals from the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. International Trade Commission. The CAFC's jurisdiction also covers a number of other subject matters, including patent and trademarks and federal claims. At this site, you can obtain copies of the CAFC's opinions, information on recent disposition of cases, and a list of pending cases.


The United States International Trade Commission is an independent, quasi-judicial agency that conducts investigations and prepares reports and recommendations on a wide range of international trade issues, including antidumping and countervailing duty investigations. Here you can download the latest version of the Harmonized Tarrif Schedule of the United States, read ITC news releases, find out the latest investigations and opinions on anti-dumping and countervailing duty cases, get the latest ITC rules and rules changes, browse through ITC reports, read the Industry trade and technology review, find a list of ITC anlysts listed by commodity and find out about employment opportunities at the ITC.


The World Trade Organisation is the international organization in Geneva, Switzerland, that serves as the principal multilateral forum in the world trade system for the conduct of trade negotiations and trade relations among member countries and the administration of international agreements governing the regulation of international trade. At this site you can learn about the role of the WTO and its mission, hear a message from the Director-General, read the latest WTO press releases and trade policy reviews, look at the organizational structure of the WTO, view the text of the Uruguay Round of GATT, look at a list of WTO publications, learn about trade and the environment, as well as employment vacancies at the WTO.


The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade offers an English and French language version of their web site. Here you can find information on the Department, read the latest Canadian investment news, get advice on investing and doing business in Canada, learn about consular services, and read the Department's latest news releases, newsletters, statements and speeches.


The International Economic Law Group of the American Society of International Law is a professional and academic group devoted to the study and practice of international economic law and international business law. Its web site offers information in the following areas: course information and syllabi, full-text scholarly papers and journal articles; international economic law web resources; and other useful research tools.


The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, maintains a WWW site containing multilateral treaties and agreements on trade and commercial relations. You can look at the text of materials such as GATT documents, the Treaty of Rome (European Economic Community), the Maastricht Agreement (European Union), the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the Universal Copyright Convention, and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.


Washburn University Law School has a ForInt-Law site which contains large numbers of foreign legal material by geographic location and subject. Here you can find a vast array of international treaties, electronic law journals, international organisations and foreign embassies in the United States. This site also serves as an archive of the FORINTLAW mailing list.


The Organization of American States' Foreign Trade Law Materials provides information on trade in the Americas. At this site you can learn about merchandise trade in the Americas, read trade and integration agreements in the Americas such as: NAFTA, CBI, MERCOSUR, ALADI, etc... You can also learn the similarities and differences between the trade agreements, read about protection, preferential tariffs and rules of origin and take a look at the future-the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA)


Michigan State University has an extensive list of international business resources. Here you may browse through international and domestic news and periodicals, find international bussiness resources on a regional or country specific basis, discover governmental resources and find out about international trade shows and business events.


An extensive and comprehensive site on international trade is ANANSE's International Trade Law Project. Based in Norway, this site has an extensive collection of international trade law materials that are searchable by topic. Most of the Treaties, Conventions, Model Laws and Rules that affect international trade can be located at this site. There is also an large trade law library and links to many of the global organisations whose works has an effect on international trade. If you are doing research on international trade, this is the place to start.


Another good source for international trade law materials is Cornell University-Legal Information Institute. Here you are able to search the United States Constitution, the United States Code and the Code of Federal Regulations. In addition, you can find the text of the current version of GATT (Uruguay Round), NAFTA and the U.N. Convention on the International Sale of Goods. This site also contains links to various Federal Agencies and International Organizations such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).


If you are looking for trade opportunities or leads then NAFTANET is the place for you. Here you will be able to lookup daily government and private trade opportunities, get U.S. Department of Agriculture agricultural leads, Eastern European leads, read the Commerce Business Daily, subscribe to Eeurope Bussiness- (A journal for bussiness opportunities in Eastern Europe), browse through the U.S. Customs Import Record and learn about Free Trade Zones.


Individuals looking for the latest legal information on Mexico and Latin America can get access to The National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade. Once you subscribe, you can access the latest version of Mexico's Diario Oficial ( Mexico's equivalent to the Federal Register). In addition, you can search through their Inter-Am Database of the Americas, read the Trade and Investment Law Bulletin and their newsletter and find other publications on Mexico and trade with the Americas.


The International Trade Division of the World Bank is another site that is a good source for research in international trade. Their Trade Expansion Program gives technical assistance to countries interested in reforming their trade regimes. You can also find World Bank reports and other publications as well as their policy research working papers.



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