Website: Introduction to Comparative Politics: Trade and Treaties

Trade - Start Here

Below, frequently used trade data. For more, see this page.

Trade - Data and Statistics (World Bank)
Links to variety of (very useful) data and publication sources on trade from the World Bank.

UNCTAD - Foreign Direct Investment Database This link opens in a new window
"The FDI database presents aggregate inflows, outflows, inward stocks and outward stocks of foreign direct investment (FDI) for 196 reporting economies in an interactive format."
UNCTAD - World Investment Directory Online This link opens in a new window
Country Fact Sheets contain most relevant indicators about FDI for 188 economies; FDI in Brief has information about flows and stocks for 80 economies; FDI in Profile has information about flows and stocks for 112 economies.
WITS, TRAINS, & Comtrade This link opens in a new window
Tariff and trade flow information for more than 160 countries.
World Development Indicators (WDI) This link opens in a new window
1000+ economic, social, environmental, and governance time series indicators (1960-current) across 200 countries and 18 country groups.

Treaties - Start Here

Below, top resources for treaties.

Treaties in Force (TIF)
An official government publication which provides an index to treaties currently in force to which the U.S. is a party.

Treaties and Other Interational Agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949 (Bevans)
CC Gov Docs S 9.12/2 v.1-13
The definitive publication of treaties to which the U.S. was a party from 1776-1949. Volume 13 provides an index by subject and country. Often called Bevans after its author, Charles Bevans.

World Treaty Index at the University of Michigan This link opens in a new window
Merges several well-known treaty indexes and aims to cover all 20th-century treaty agreements.
Treaties and Other International Agreements (TIAS) This link opens in a new window
First official publication of text of treaties and agreements (slip form); lag time of about 8-9 years before publication.
U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements (UST) This link opens in a new window
The official texts for U.S. treaties (following publication in TIAS). Lag time of about 10-20 years. At Carleton, these are published in Lexis Nexis Academic.