Web Links

CHAPTER 2–STUDENT BOOK

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Infoexport is sponsored by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Infoexport’s Web site is designed to help Canadian companies identity foreign business opportunities and learn more about their target market by providing free access to hundreds of sectoral market studies and country-specific reports.

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The Team Canada Trade Missions Web site is sponsored by DFAIT. The site explains what Team Canada is and has links to information about current and previous Team Canada trade missions.

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The M•A•C Cosmetics Canadian Web site has information on the company's products, its current ventures, and its contributions to socially responsible non-profit organizations. M•A•C also offers customers an online store.

The Estée Lauder Web site has details on its products, online ordering capabilities, as well as the history of the company and corporate information for investors.

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The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Observatory of the Information Society offers up-to-date research and articles on ethical, legal, and social issues relating to the development and use of information and communications technologies in different countries.

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The Greenwich Mean Time Web site (sponsored by the Royal Observatory in Greenwich near London, England) allows visitors to find the current time in different regions of the world and to calculate the time in any country of the world (using the GMT Time converter).

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The Canadian government's “Invest in Canada” Web site gives international investors information on some of the advantages of establishing a business in Canada: for example, low taxes, a skilled work force, and R&D incentives.

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The United Nations Development Programme publishes annual Human Development reports based on many of the factors that contribute to a country’s development. These reports can be accessed by country, with each country being assigned a Human Development Indicators’ rank.

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The Canadian International Development Agency’s (CIDA) International Youth Internship Program offers post-secondary graduates the opportunity to gain valuable international development work experience to ease the school-to-work transition. CIDA’s goal is to make young people aware of globalization and global issues.

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DFAIT’s Canada-United States Web site has reports on current trade relations between the two countries, on securities agreements, cross-border cooperation efforts, and shared environmental issues. DFAIT also offers advice and background information for Canadians doing business in the United States.