5 Best Online Resources for International Business and Trade

“Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.” Henry Ford

International business ventures appear to be a completely separate animal in comparison to its domestic counterpart. There are more regulations and legal aspects of conducting business and trade that are associated when crossing the countries’ borders. In addition, there has to be a considerable compliance and respect towards that particular country’s laws, politics, economics, and customs that needs to be agreed upon. This complexity could create more potential risks and further legal compliance, which in turn, could generate the immediate needs for additional educational assistance and training.

Large corporations have those much-needed allocated resources to be able to train its employees and leadership to conduct business on international level, as opposed to a small start-up venture. That is why Moomkin.com decided to compile a small list of some key online resources to get your entrepreneurial endeavor off the ground and into the international business arena. We believe that this list could at least point you in the right direction for your much-needed research.

Here are the links to some helpful websites that we managed to compile. They encompass a quite wide array of resources for international business and trade.

1. international-business-center.com

This is an official website for International Business Center, a non-profit organization that gears its expertise towards a compilation of a limitless amount of information “for international business people, international business students, and teachers and professors at international business schools throughout the world.” It provides most current and most relevant resources in this complicated but lucrative area of business.

2. intracen.org

Here is another useful link for International Trade Center. It identifies its users by exporters, trade support, policymakers. “ITC’s mission is to enable small business export success in developing and transition-economy countries, by providing, with partners, sustainable and inclusive development solutions to the private sector, trade support institutions and policymakers.” It also assists in the development of capabilities of trade service providers to its website’s audience.

3. tbc-world.com

This site provides diverse resources for international trading needs, particularly for exporters, importers, transporters, insurers, and brokers. “TBC-WORLD.com hosts a network of exporters, importers, transporters and also insurers and brokers from 240 countries organized in 28 sectors with online profiles. Registered TBC-WORLD.com members can personalize their profiles with their company detail and the specific way they trade. Exporters can even create their online catalog online, making it easy to instantly update their products and collections.”

4. cyborlink.com

Cyborlink.com is geared toward a slightly different but just as significant aspect of international trade. It focuses mostly on international business etiquette and manners. By selecting an individual country of interest, it provides useful facts, background and resources for each area. This pertinent information prepares you from the cultural and ethical perspectives before you launch on your own international business venture in that particular region.

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5. uscib.org

And last but not least, here is another organization, the United States Council for International Business, that “promotes open markets, competitiveness and innovation, sustainable development and corporate responsibility, supported by international engagement and prudent regulation. USCIB also provides a range of business services to facilitate overseas trade and investment.”

What are your most useful online resources for International Business and Trade? Please feel free to add to our list and share with our readers.

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