International Organizations

Use official Websites. The Secretariats or homepages of the various regional economic or trade communities are:

• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
• Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración (ALADI)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
• Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
• Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA - proposed)
• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
• Comunidad Andina (Andean Community)
• East African Community (EAC)
• Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)
• Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO - Central Asia)
• European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
• European Union
• Free Trade Area of the Americas
• Middle East Free Trade Area Initiative
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR/MERCOSUL)

• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• World Bank
• World Trade Organization (WTO)

Search our online catalog (IRIS) for books about your international organization and published by your international organization.

Use CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online to find policy briefs and working papers about your organization.

Use Business Source Premier to find journal articles about business and economic conditions in your trade community.

Find recent newspaper articles in Factiva or LexisNexis Academic.