P.E.S.T.E.L/P.E.S.T.L.E. Analysis of a Company, Industry or Product
Political
- Regulations/deregulation
- Copyright, patents, trademarks, intellectual property
- Trade control, imports/exports, tariffs
- Taxes on corporations increase/decrease
- Government increases/decreases funding or support for certain industries
- Government friendly or unfriendly toward potential trading countries, partners, trading blocs
- Political stability or instability
- Levels of corruption
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)Codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the departments and agencies of the Federal Government. The 50 subject matter titles contain one or more individual volumes, which are updated once each calendar year, on a staggered basis. Each title is divided into chapters, which usually bear the name of the issuing agency. Each chapter is further subdivided into parts that cover specific regulatory areas.
- Regulations.govFind and comment on Federal administrative regulations
- United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)This Is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. Search here for information on patents, trademarks and intellectual property.
- Congress.govFind the status and history of bills in the current or prior legislature of Congress. Includes Committee Reports, Roll Call votes, Public Laws, U.S. Code, Congressional Record, etc.
- Country Risk Assessments from Coface.com160 country assessments, drawn up on the basis of macroeconomic, financial and political data, are made freely available.
Regularly updated, they provide an estimate of the average credit risk on a country’s businesses. This is an invaluable tool, giving an indication of a country’s potential influence on businesses’ financial commitments.
Our analyses use a eight-level ranking. In ascending order of risk, these are: A1, A2, A3, A4, B, C, D and E. - International Trade Administration - U.S. Census BureauSearch under Data and Analysis. Information on various industries as well as tariffs, trade statistics. Coverage of a wide range of industries.
- Country Reports from EulerhermesSearch for the country you are interested in and see its risk rating.
- Country Commercial GuidesMarket conditions, opportunities, regulations, and business customs for over 125 countries prepared by trade and industry experts at U.S. embassies worldwide.
- WTO Trade Policy ReviewsSurveillance of national trade policies is a fundamentally important activity running throughout the work of the WTO. At the centre of this work is the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM). All WTO members are reviewed, the frequency of each country’s review varying according to its share of world trade.
- Transparency.orgThe CPI (Corruption Perception Index) ranks 180 countries and territories around the world by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, scoring on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
