business and government agencies involved in international trade, provides trade services, and stimulates the economy of the region it serves.

Site features interviews with organizers and participants, 1999 protests during the World Trade Organization Ministerial meetings in Seattle.

The WTO is the only international body dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, the legal ground-rules for international commerce and for trade policy

description of FTZ sites, their benefits and examples of use.

designated to provide useful information on virtually every aspect of the FTZ program

Official Canadian government G8 site provides information about the Summits, the G8 and its priorities, official documents and statements, and ministerial

gives you the chance to develop your own ideas about the most pressing global issues today, discuss them with your friends, classmates and young people from around the world, and present them to...

Research group for G7/G8 summits provides news and analysis, official summit documents, scholarly writings and conferences. M

CGD is an independent, not-for-profit think tank that works to reduce global poverty and inequality by encouraging policy change in the U.S. and other rich countries through rigorous research and...

A virtual organization that carries out initiatives in the spheres of environment, urban, community, economy and information, and at scales that are effective.

Independent research and practical ideas for global prosperity.

A research institute at Tufts University dedicated to promoting a better understanding of how societies can pursue their economic and community goals in an environmentally and socially sustainable...

Works with research and policy institutes to address development challenges

Economic sanctions are economic penalties applied by one country (or group of countries) on another for a variety of reasons.

The UN Security Council imposes sanctions to enforce international law. Sanctions are supposed to persuade rulers to change their military, economic, or human rights policies, so as to end wars,...

A Failure on All Fronts - A Cato Institute essay arguing that unilateral sanctions against Burma has been a failure, and forcing U.S. firms to disengage from Burma only harms US economic interests...

International centre for economic research and documentation.