World Trade Resources Guide offers basic country information including currency data, economic and trade statistics and principal commodities traded. Names, addresses, telephone, fax and telex for trade contacts and information sources for over 80 countries are given. Banks, chambers of commerce, government agencies, research centers and trade associations are listed as well as computerized databases and consultants. How to Find It, How to Use It describes key international business publications and databases, and provides the subject background needed to use the sources. U.S. Global Trade Outlook 1995-2000 replaces the U.S. Industrial Outlook with a much slimmer and more focused volume devoted to expansion of a selection of U.S. industries expanding into a number of foreign countries.
Future updates hope to exp and coverage of both industries and countries.
An overview of the world economy, followed by information on selected industrial countries and big emerging markets and economies in transition concludes with thorough analysis of seven industries which they deem 'ripe' for expansion. Appendices include economic and trade data and a glossary. Both are published by the Disclosure Company and contain full text financial data on publically traded U.S. and international companies. Both disks allow the user to retrieve comparative data on companies in the same industry or region, look at the financial health of a firm through stock performance and balance sheet and income data, and contain varying amounts of text analysis of the companies. U.S. firms offer the President's Letter and Management Discussion taken from the company's annual report filed with the SEC, while the Global version offers headlines from various newswires and financial services concerning recent developments in the company.