What this service is:
Your total resource to compete and thrive in a changing global marketplace — International Trade Library — is now available as a complete information package on the Web. It includes International Trade Current Developments, International Trade Reporter Decisions, Import Reference Guide, and Export Reference Guide.
What it helps you do:
- Get unmatched, in-depth, on-the-scene coverage of the latest news and trends affecting U.S. trade policy from Bloomberg BNA’s Washington-based reporters and network of correspondents around the world.
- Gain a competitive edge. Monitor and research the laws, decisions, and agency actions likely to have an impact on your global business strategy or your clients’ international operations.
- Be aware of new relationships and arrangements among U.S. trading partners.
- Watch for changing international conditions that can affect overseas business prospects.
- Answer myriad questions with facts, figures, and guidelines.
- Take advantage of information designed for law firms, business executives and advisers, consultants, manufacturers, multinationals, shippers and carriers, customs brokers, financial institutions, internal marketing specialists, foreign consulates, and government agencies.
Components:
International Trade Current Developments
- Start each business day with a summary of top trade developments, then link to full reports on regulatory, legislative, and judicial developments affecting U.S. trade policy — available daily or weekly.
- Follow actions in Congress, the courts, the Departments of State, Treasury, Agriculture, and Commerce, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, International Trade Commission, U.S. Export-Import Bank, and Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.
- Get immediate information about pertinent activities of the World Trade Organization, European Union, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) panels, and other international bodies such as Mercosur and APEC.
- Keep abreast of developments in international trade law and policy, including export controls and opportunities, import restrictions, and unfair trade practices.
- Track major international treaty negotiations and trade agreements.
International Trade Reporter Decisions
- Find full text and digests of all decisions of the U.S. Court of International Trade and trade-related decisions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and other federal and state courts.
- Refer to NAFTA rulings decided under or affecting U.S. trade law, also in full text with digests.
- Find a decision by citation, search all decisions by word or phrase, or search the most recent decisions.
- Use BNA’s exclusive Headnote Finder to locate decisions sorted by classification outline number, court, or date.
Import Reference Guide
- A comprehensive reference to U.S. trade law and customs regulations to guide you through the complex process of importing into the United States.
- Each chapter contains an overview and extensive analysis of how provisions operate, organized by topic, including text of relevant statutes, regulations, executive orders, and forms:
- Duties
- Classification
- Trade preference programs
- Import competition
- Dumping and countervailing duties
- Unfair trade practices
- Adjustment assistance
- Negotiations
- Regulated trade
- Administration and enforcement
Export Reference Guide
- Retrieve a wealth of market-specific data on more than 200 nations around the world instantly from Bloomberg BNA's exclusive Country Profiles.
- Learn how to make compliance simple with foreign rules and regulations governing documentation requirements, product standards, labeling, packing, and marking to save time and money.
- Identify key government and business offices overseas and in the United States.
- Familiarize yourself with important market characteristics, distribution channels, marketing laws, and intellectual property rights in the countries where you or your clients operate.
Product Structure
Reference: analysis, guidance and primary source material
Decisions: full text judicial opinions, rulings and memoranda
Notification: current reports providing news and developments
Formats and Frequency
Print reference material is updated biweekly and indexed regularly for Export Reference Manual and updated bimonthly and indexed regularly for Import Reference Manual. Print notification is issued weekly and indexed twice per year, cumulating annually. Decisions are published biweekly and indexed periodically, with Bound Volumes.
Web notification is available daily for International Trade Daily, weekly for International Trade Reporter, biweekly for International Trade Reporter Decisions and Export Reference Guide, and bi-monthly for Import Reference Guide. E-mail summaries, providing the highlights and table of contents with URLs to full text articles and documents, are also available.