Links to International Organizations

» OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

• Finance and Investment

» World Bank Group

• WORLD BANK - Trade Topics - Financial Services

• ICSID - International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

• IFC - International Finance Corporation

• MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

»  World Trade Organization (WTO)

• Trade and Investment
   

• Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs)
   

• Services Trade Section
   

• Services: Analysis and Publications
  (in English)

» IADB - Inter-American Development Bank

• Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC)

• Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF)

     Links to Regional Organizations

» ALADI - Latin American Integration Association (en español)

» ANDEAN COMMUNITY 

» CARICOM  - Caribbean Community 

» FTAA - Free Trade Area of the Americas

• FTAA Negotiating Group on Investment

• Third FTAA Draft Agreement - Chapter on Investment  (November 2003)

• Second FTAA Draft Agreement - Chapter on Investment  (November 2002)

• First FTAA Draft Agreement - Chapter on Investment  (July 2001)

»  MERCOSUR 

» NAFTA       

• Secretariat of the North American Free Trade Agreement (en español | en français)

• NAFTA Free Trade Commission

• Canada Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade - Dispute Settlement Mechanism NAFTA - Chapter 11 - Investment (in English  |  en français)

  • Chapter 11- Investor-State Dispute Settlement Cases:

 »» Cases filed against the Government of the United States of Americas
        (source: U.S. Department of State)
 »» Cases filed against the Government of Canada
       (source: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade - Canada)
 »» Cases filed against the Government of the United Mexican States
 »» Review of NAFTA Chapter 11 Awards

»  SELA - Latin American Economic System

»  SIECA - Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration

 Links to Non-Governmental Institutions

» IPAnet - Investment Promotion Network

»  GSN - Global Services Network

»  GNT - Global Trade Negotiations Home Page
              (Maintained by Harvard University's Center for International Development)

»  IFSL - International Financial Services - London

  Links to Sources of Statistics

»  World Bank Group

»» Services Research

»» Data on Trade in Services

»» Development Indicators

• Data by Topic

• Data by Country

»  WTO Trade Statistics 

»» Annual Report Statistics  (en español | en français)

»  ECLAC - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

»» Annual Report on Foreign Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean (2003)
    (en español)

»  United Nations

»» Statistics on International Trade in Services (main page)

• Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services (available in English, Spanish and French)

• The Extended Balance of Payments Services Classification and issues of data collection
  (OECD - 05 December 2000)

» UNCTAD  - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 

»» Bilateral Investment Treaties 1959 - 1999  (document in PDF format)

»» Foreign Direct Investment Database (en español | en français)

• World Investment Directory

»» Programmes on Investment

»» International Investment Agreements Home Page

»  ITC - International Trade Center

»  US Department of Commerce

»» Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

• Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (document in PDF format)

• BEA News Release: "U.S. Net International Investment Position at Year end 2002".

• BEA News Release: "Foreign Direct Investors' Outlays to Acquire or Establish U.S. Businesses Fell Sharply in 2002 for the Second Year".

»» International Trade Administration (ITA) - Services Statistics and Trade Data

» US Department of State

»» Permanent Electronic Archive of Information