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International Trade Centre database of export and import statistics by country and HS product code, with monthly, quarterly and annual series. Used to identify a product's main markets, competing suppliers, growth trends and the tariffs a shipment would face.

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TFG/ITFA Trade Finance Guide

A free PDF walking through the main trade finance instruments — letters of credit, documentary collections, supply chain finance, factoring, forfaiting, and export credit — with diagrams of how each transaction settles and where the risk sits between buyer and seller.

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trade.gov

Trade.gov (U.S. International Trade Administration) helps American businesses grow global sales with export assistance, market research, and trade data. It features country guides, market insights, policy updates, and resources for exporting, investing, and participating in trade events.

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World Bank WITS

The World Bank's free portal for merchandise trade, tariff and non-tariff measure data, drawing on UN Comtrade, UNCTAD TRAINS and WTO sources. Lets you query bilateral flows by product code, compare tariff schedules, and build country trade profiles.

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International Trade: Theory and Policy

Standard undergraduate textbook (10th edition, Pearson) covering Ricardian, specific-factors, Heckscher-Ohlin and new trade models, then tariffs, quotas, trade agreements and industrial policy. Prepares readers to analyze who gains and loses from trade and from trade policy.

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Global Trade and Conflicting National Interests

MIT Press monograph from the Lionel Robbins Lectures that extends classical trade models to industries with scale economies. Shows formally why one country's productivity gains can reduce a trading partner's welfare, and why industrial competitiveness can matter to national interest.

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globaledge.msu.edu

GlobalEDGE, a resource from Michigan State University, is a comprehensive portal for international business research. It provides country insights, industry data, trade statistics, and market research to help users analyze markets and understand global business dynamics.

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