There are several tools available to understand trade and its impact on economic development:
- StatsAmerica offers analytical tools to help regions with consus on strategic directions
- ClusterMaps on economic activity
- Trade Stats Express showcases trade data throughout to the world and how the US competes around the world, in terms of ranking of industries and friendliness of doing business
- World 101, Council of Foreign Relations – Global Trade modules
- SelectUSA Stats – several key data dashboards to assist visitors with visualizing and analyzing key FDI data from a variety of sources