-Caveat Lector- >From http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/cntryinfo.html one can access the U.S. Gov't's positions on various regions and countries, in one case, shown below, commercial perspective. > Country/Regional Information > -- Europe and Canada > > <Picture: flagbar> > > <Picture>Background Notes on Europe > <Picture>Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices > <Picture>Country Commercial Guides for U.S. Investors > <Picture>Country Reports on Human Rights Practices > <Picture>International Narcotics Control Strategy Report > <Picture>European embassies in the United States > > <Picture: flagbar> > > Go to: > > Bureau of European Affairs Home Page. > DOSFAN Home Page. > > This is an official U.S. Government source for information on the WWW. > Inclusion of non-U.S. Government links does not imply endorsement of > contents. > <Picture: Department Seal> > > > Country Commercial Guides > FY 1999: United Kingdom > > > <Picture: Blue Bar> > > CHAPTER I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY > > This Country Commercial Guide (CCG) presents a comprehensive look at > the United Kingdom's commercial environment, using economic, political > and market analysis. 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 > annually at U.S. Embassies through the combined efforts of several > U.S. Government agencies. > > Long-term political, economic, and regulatory stability, coupled > with relatively low rates of taxation and inflation make the > United Kingdom (UK) attractive to U.S. exporters and investors. > U.S. firms doing business in the UK encounter a familiar > language, legal framework and business practices. The UK imposes few > impediments to foreign ownership, and no restrictions to the free flow > of capital. Within the EU, Her Majesty's Government (HMG) is a strong > defender of the rights of any British-registered company, irrespective > of its nationality of ownership. > > The UK is highly receptive to U.S. goods, services and > investment, largely due to the British perception of a shared > cultural heritage. With its $1.25 trillion GDP, the UK remains > the United States' largest European market and fourth largest > market worldwide, after Canada, Japan and Mexico. The United > States exported $36.4 billion of goods to the UK and imported > British goods worth $32.7 billion in 1997. > > The U.S. and the UK are the largest foreign investors in each > other's country. Investment by U.S. companies in the UK and by > UK companies in the U.S. is roughly balanced at $142.6 billion. > Establishing a base in the UK is an effective means of accessing > the European Single Market, as the abolition of most intra-European > trade barriers enables UK-based firms to operate with relative freedom > throughout the EU. Sixty of the UK's five hundred largest companies > are U.S.-owned, and, according to the Invest in Britain Bureau, all > but one of the 100 largest U.S. companies has operations in the UK. > > [end of document] > > > > Note* International Copyright, United States Government, 1998 (or > other year of first publication). All rights under foreign copyright > laws are reserved. All portions of this publication are protected > against any type or form of reproduction, communications to the public > and the preparation of adaptations, arrangement and alterations > outside the United States. U. S. copyright is not asserted under the > U.S. Copyright Law, Title17, United States Code. > > > > <Picture: Flag bar> > > Next Chapter | Table of Contents > Country Commercial Guides Index > > A<>E<>R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished. -Johann Christoph Schiller, German Writer (1759-1805) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. -Bertrand Russell + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. 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