MINDING YOUR BUSINESS - CultureShock! A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette - page 314

ASSISTANCE FOR ANGLOPHONES
United Kingdom
Below are a few examples how individual countries assist
their enterprises to expand internationally. The chambers
of commerce in Paris can be particularly helpful. France is
the United Kingdom's third largest export market after the
United States and Germany. More than 1,800 UK companies
have subsidiaries in France, and the prevailing opinion is
that anything sold in the UK is likely to sell here. The British
governmental department, UK Trade & Investment, offers
information on doing business worldwide (http://www.
uktradeinvest.gov.uk).

Commercial Section of the British Embassy at 35 rue du
Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008; tel: [phone]; fax:
01.44.51.34.01. website: http://ukinfrance.fco,.gov.uk/en/
doing-business. Information about dealing with France.

Contact Business Link; tel: [phone]; website:
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk. Offers information on
imports and exports, as well as basic information on
international trading.

Chambre de Commerce Française de Grande-Bretagne;

21 Dartmouth Street, Westminster, London SW1H 9BP;
tel: [phone]; fax: [phone]; website:
http://www.uccife.org. Provides assistance for British
investment in France.

United States
The United States and Foreign Commercial Service (US
&FCS) is located at the American Embassy at 2 avenue
Gabriel, 75008; tel: [phone]; fax: [phone];
websites: http://www.buyusa.gov and http://www.export.
gov. The US&FCS helps American companies to enter
the French market: sales, licensing agreements, joint and
direct investment, etc. The service also works with French
firms that want to represent American manufacturers, use
American products or set up joint ventures. The Commercial
Service can brief Americans on French economic conditions
and specific markets.