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1996 Country Commercial Guides
U.S. Department of StateCanada Country Commercial GuideOffice of the Coordinator for Business Affairs COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE FCS CANADA FY96This Country Commercial Guide (CCG) presents a comprehensive look at Canada's commercial environment through economic, political and market analyses.The CCGs were established by recommendation of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC), a multi-agency task force, to consolidate various reporting documents prepared for the U.S. business community. CCGs are prepared annually at U.S. Embassies through the combined efforts of several U.S. Government agencies. TABLE OF CONTENTSChapter I. Executive SummaryChapter II. Economic Trends and Outlook A. Major Trends and Outlook B. Principal Growth Sectors C. Government Role in the Economy D. Balance of Payments Situation E. Infrastructure Situation 1 ... [Read More]
1996 Country Commercial Guides
U.S. Department of StateGermany Country Commercial GuideOffice of the Coordinator for Business Affairs COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE FOR GERMANY FY 96This Country Commercial Guide (CCG) presents a comprehensive look at Germany's commercial environment through economic, political and market analyses. The CCGs were established by recommendation of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC), a multi-agency task force, to consolidate various reporting documents prepared for the U.S. business community. Country Commercial Guides are prepared annualy at U.S. Embassies through the combined efforts of several U.S. governement agencies. TABLE OF CONTENTS1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY2. ECONOMIC TRENDS AND OUTLOOK3. POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT4. MARKETING U.S. PRODUCTS AND SERVICES5. LEADING SECTORS FOR U.S. EXPORTS AND INVESTMENTS6. TRADE REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS7. INVESTMENT CLIMATE8. TRADE AND PROJECT FI ... [Read More]
1996 Country Commercial Guides
U.S. Department of StatePanama Country Commercial GuideOffice of the Coordinator for Business Affairs 1996 COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE: PANAMA Table of ContentsI. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - Commercial Overview - Business Trends and Opportunities - Trade and Investment ClimateII. ECONOMICS TRENDS AND OUTLOOK - Major Trends and Outlook - Principal Growth Sectors - Government Role in the Economy - Balance of Payments Situation - Infrastructure SituationIII. POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT - Nature of Political Environment with the United States - Major Political Issues Affecting Business Climate - Brief Synopsis of Political System, Schedule for Elections, and Orientation of Major Political PartiesIV. MARKETING U.S. PRODUCTS AND SERVICES - Distribution and Sales Channels - Use of Agents and Distributors; Finding a Partner - Franchising - Direct Marketing - Joint Venture/Licensing - Steps ... [Read More]
1996 Country Commercial Guides
U.S. Department of State Belgium Country Commercial Guide Office of the Coordinator for Business Affairs COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE FOR BELGIUM FY 1996 TABLE OF CONTENTS: I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY II. ECONOMIC TRENDS AND OUTLOOK -Macroeconomic trends and outlook -Principal growth sectors -Budgetary priorities -Monetary policy -Privatization III. POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT -Overview -U.S./Belgian relations IV. MARKETING U.S. PRODUCTS AND SERVICES -Entering the market -Distribution and sales channels -Use of agents and distributors -Watching for pitfalls -Pricing and selling factors -Getting help -Using a regional approach -Franchising -Distribution and coordination centers -Setting up an office -Protecting your product from IPR infringement -Need for l ... [Read More]
1996 Country Commercial Guides
U.S. Department of State 1996 Jamaica Country Commercial Guide Office of the Coordinator for Business Affairs 1996 COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE JAMAICA This Country Commercial Guide (CCG) presents a comprehensive look at Jamaica's commercial environment through economic, political and market analyses. The CCGs were established by recommendation of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC), a multi-agency task force, to consolidate various reporting documents prepared for the U.S. business community. Country Commercial Guides are prepared annualy at U.S. Embassies through the combined efforts of several U.S. governement agencies. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I: Executive Summary Chapter II: Economic Trends and Outlook Chapter III: Political Environment Chapter IV: Marketing US Products and Services Chapter V: Leading Sectors for U.S. Exports and Investment Chapter VI: Trade Regula ... [Read More]
Article Alert, Archives--Electronic Advance Documents
This report uses data from the September Computer and Internet Use supplement to the 2001 Current Population Survey to examine the use of computers and the Internet by American children and adolescents between the ages of 5 and 17. The report examines the overall rate of use, the ways in which children and teens use the technologies, where the use occurs (home, school, and other locations), and the relationships of these aspects of computer and Internet use to demographic and socioeconomic characteristics such as children's age and race/ethnicity and their parents' education and family income. ... [Read More]
International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports
FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY LAUNDERINGMONEY LAUNDERINGOVERVIEWIn 1992, the major trends affecting money laundering policy were: (1) further sophistication of money laundering practices; (2) greater investment of drug and other illicit proceeds into established businesses, both to conceal money movements and to capitalize on illicit profits; (3) the internationalization of money laundering networks whose operations involve an ever larger number of countries and territories, regardless of their importance as financial centers or as drug producing or transit countries; and (4) the intensified involvement of the Sicilian Mafia and other criminal organizations in Europe, Asia and the Western Hemisphere who comingle proceeds from many crimes to confound investigators, and are now acting as brokers for funds unrelated to their own trafficking activities. These trends have made it more difficult to differentiate between drug-related money laundering and other forms of illegal money m ... [Read More]
Canada, Mexico, and Central America
AFI and CENAPI were both equipped with state-of the art computer networks for collecting, storing, and analyzing crime-related information to support prosecutions and to dismantle organized crime syndicates. ... Law Enforcement Efforts. In April 2003, the DEA and RCMP announced the arrest of over 65 individuals in ten cities across the United States and Canada. The investigation, dubbed Operation Northern Star, targeted the entire methamphetamine trafficking process, including the suppliers of precursor chemicals, chemical brokers, transporters, manufacturers, distributors, and money launderers. The 34,000 pounds of pseudoephedrine seized in the investigation could have produced approximately 20,000 pounds of methamphetamine. ... [Read More]
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