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1. Are there any European organizations that collect and make available economic data of Member States?

Several sites are sponsored by European departments of government. Try,

http://itl.irv.uit.no/trade_law/nav/subject.html
http://www2.echo.lu/other/govlist.html
(list of government servers by country)
http://www.europages.com/g/analysem.html

For businesses interested in trade barrier information, go to Market Access Database (service provided by the European Commission, http://mkaccdb.eu.int/ Iinformation on trade barriers around the world, from EU perspective)

For a listing of sites in each of sixteen different European countries -- http://www.syselog.com/eurolink/  

2. I am looking for a bibliography of materials available for the European Common Market on industrial designs. Is there
any database that I can turn to?

http://itl.irv.uit.no/trade_law/nav/subject.html
(Industrial designs is one of many subjects in this database)

3. I run a medium size UK company. Is there any database that collects information about market conditions
in the U.S.?

Try,

http://lcweb.loc.gov/gov/executive/commerce.html
http://www.stat-usa.gov/BEN/databases.html

(Both of these data bases are maintained by the U.S. Goverment).

4. Where can I get information about international organizations?

http://www2.echo.lu/other/inter.html

(Sponsored by the European Commission. Also, Go to International/Intergovernmental.

5. Where can I find European Union documents on line?

http://www2.echo.lu/legal/en/labdoc.htm (European Commission Legal Advisory Board)

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/GSSI/eu.html (U.C. Berkeley)

 

6. Where can I find a directory of trade and commercial treaties?

Try,

http://www.tufts.edu/departments/fletcher/multi/trade.html

7. Can you recommend a site for international business links?

Try,

http://www.udel.edu/alex/mba/NET_DIR.HTM (University of Delaware, MBA Program)

Also, http://www.tufts.edu/fletcher/inter_econ_law/iellinks.htm (Subjects include international trade law, regional integration law, international finance law, international business regulations, etc.)

8. I'd like a pointer to U.K. sites for business information.

There are several possibilities for general business information and trade

U.K. Business Park -- http://www.zynet.co.uk/bpark/

The Biz -- http://www.thebiz.co.uk/law.htm

U.K. Plus (an Infoseek service) -- http://www.ukplus.co.uk/ukplus/owa/pkg_home.p_home

9. Are there any sites sponsored by the U.S. and/or Canadian governments offering business anbd trade information?

Try,

U.S. Department of Commerce (Global Export Market Information System) -- http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/

Canada Department of Foreign Affairs and Internation Trade -- http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/english/menu.htm