Really Useful Sites For International Trade Professionals

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REALLY USEFUL SITES FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROFESSIONALS
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January 21, 2002
Issue 25
VOLUME 2 Issue 2

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IN THIS ISSUE
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1. WELCOME
2. JOHNNY JET
3. ARGENTINA BUSINESS
4. TRAVEL SAFETY
5. MAKE TRANSLATION  WORK FOR YOU
6. WINTER OLYMPICS


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WELCOME
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 Here's your latest issue of Really Useful Sites for
International Trade Professionals. This free bi-weekly
newsletter reviews useful Web sites from the Web Resources
database at FITA's International Trade/ Import-Export Portal at 
www.fita.org, an excellent source for trade leads, news, events, 
and a link library of 4,000+ sites related to international trade. 

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 My name is John McDonnell, and for years I wrote a weekly e-
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international trade, as well as some fun sites that you'll enjoy 
visiting. 



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JOHNNY JET
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We've all been bored in our hotel room at one time or another,
and sometimes the only solution is to make a paper airplane.
That's why I like Johnny Jet at www.johnnyjet.com/Portal1.html. 
It's a travel portal that not only has links to sites where you 
can book flights, hotel rooms, and cars online, but also a link 
to a diagram of how to make a paper airplane (under the category 
of "Bored in Hotel Room"). Johnny Jet covers all bases when it 
comes to travel. It has links to airline seating charts, aiport 
maps and information, diagrams of commercial jetliners, restaurant
guides, city maps, travel guides, airline ticket auctions,
weather reports, flight tracking, and much more. 

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ARGENTINA BUSINESS
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There are big changes going on in Argentina these days, and
change can bring opportunity for the savvy businessperson. A
good portal for doing business in Argentina is at Fundacion
Invertir Argentina at www.invertir.com/default2.htm. This site has 
news and information about trade with Argentina, setting up a business 
in the country, traveling, legal matters, economic statistics, and
cultural tips, to name just a few items of interest. 

There are lots more links to Argentina at the FITA site. Go to 
www.fita.org/webindex, click on Regional Resources and Multi-Lateral 
Trading Areas in the left column or "Search by Country or Region" in 
the right column, and then Latin America and Caribbean and select 
Argentina in the pop-up window. Or simply type Argentina in the 
search box at www.fita.org. 

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TRAVEL SAFETY
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Since September 11, anyone who travels has to be concerned with
safety and security. You'll find lots of information at the UK
Foreign & Commonwealth Office at www.fco.gov.uk/travel. This is 
a British Government site, but the information is valid for anyone 
who is traveling. There is breaking news, information about traveling in 
specific
countries, traveler's tips, advice on what to do if something
goes wrong, and more. 

 The U.S. State Department site has a page of Travel Warnings at
travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html that also has information
to ensure you have a safe trip.



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WINTER OLYMPICS
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I've never been skiing, and the last time I went ice skating I
spent most of the time holding on to my kids for dear life, so
I'm no expert on winter sports. However, I do like to watch the
Winter Olympics on tv, and I'll be tuned in when they start in a 
few weeks. I'll also visit CBC Sports 2002 Winter Olympics at 
www.cbc.ca/olympics to get the latest information about what's 
happening in Salt Lake City. This is a Canadian Broadcasting site, 
but it's already got lots of background information on the athletes, 
no matter what country they're from. When the games start there'll 
be breaking news and pictures, so this is one site to bookmark for 
the beginning of February.


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