Europe Trade Resources

Here is a list of European resource websites that can be valuable for U.S. small businesses selling products in the global marketplace.

1. European Commission:  Doing Business in the European Union: Provides practical information on regulations, taxation, and market access for businesses operating in the EU.
2. European Small Business Portal:  Provides information on starting and growing a business in Europe, including regulations, funding opportunities, and market access.
3. Shoptalk Europe: Shoptalk is the world’s largest community of retail changemakers. Founded in 2016, it quickly became America’s largest retail innovation show in just three years and is now widely accepted as the global home for retail innovators. After launching this 2022, Shoptalk Europe returned in 2023 at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona
4. Ecommerce Europe: Ecommerce Europe is the sole voice of the European Digital Commerce sector. As a result of joining forces with EMOTA, Ecommerce Europe now represents, via its national associations, more than 150,000 companies selling goods and services online to consumers in Europe. Ecommerce Europe acts at the European level to help legislators create a better framework for online merchants, so that their sales can grow further.
5. Access2Markets: Access2Markets allows you to obtain information you need when you trade with third countries, such as on tariffs, taxes, procedures, formalities and requirements, rules of origin, export measures, statistics, trade barriers and much more. It also allows you to access key information needed for trade in services as well as for investment and procurement in 3rd countries. You may also learn about EU trade agreements, how to benefit from them and read stories on successful companies using them. Access2Markets is here to help you and your business for import and export.
6. Euro Commerce: Represents the retail, wholesale, and international trade sectors in Europe, providing industry insights and policy updates. Retail and wholesale play an essential role in the lives of everyone and the European economy. Over a billion times a day, it provides an essential service and serves as the link between manufacturers and 450 million consumers across Europe. It is a dynamic, highly competitive and customer-focused sector.
7. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD):  Provides financing, advice, and support for businesses expanding into emerging markets in Europe.  The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) invests in changing lives. Through our projects, business services and involvement in high-level policy reform, we’re doing more than ever before across three continents.
8. Enterprise Europe Network:  Assists small businesses in finding international partners, accessing funding, and navigating EU markets.  The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) helps businesses innovate and grow on an international scale. It is the world’s largest support network for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with international ambitions.  The Network is active worldwide. It brings together experts from member organizations that are renowned for their excellence in business support. Member organizations include chambers of commerce and industry, regional development organizations, universities and research institutes, innovation agencies
9. European Investment Fund (EIF):  Offers financing solutions, guarantees, and venture capital support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe. We are a specialist provider of risk finance to benefit small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) across Europe. We are part of the EIB Group. Our shareholders are the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union, represented by the European Commission, and a wide range of public and private banks and financial institutions.
10. European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO):  Provides guidance on protecting intellectual property rights in Europe and offers trademark and design registration services.  The EUIPO is the European Union Intellectual Property Office responsible for managing the EU trademark and the registered Community design. We also work with the IP offices of the EU Member States and international partners to offer a similar registration experience for trademarks and designs across Europe and the world.
11. European Free Trade Association (EFTA):  Offers information on trade agreements, market access, and business opportunities in the EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland).
12. European Business Angels Network (EBAN):  Connects investors and entrepreneurs, offers resources on angel investing, and promotes access to funding.  European Business Angels Network is the pan-European representative for the early-stage investor community gathering over 100 member organizations in more than 50 countries today. Established in 1999 by a group of pioneer angel networks in Europe with the collaboration of the European Commission and EURADA, EBAN represents a sector estimated to invest 11.4 billion Euros a year and playing a vital role in Europe’s future, notably in the funding of SMEs. EBAN fuels Europe’s growth through the creation of wealth and jobs.
13. European Federation of Retail Perfumers (FEPD):  Represents the interests of the European perfumery sector and provides industry information and updates. European Federation of Retail Perfumers (FEPD) is the umbrella organization of the national European federations and organizations in the perfumery retail trade.  As well as the national federations, members include those international retail trade groups within the perfumery industry which are active in at least four European countries.
14. European Economic and Social Committee (EESC):  Offers information on EU policies, business regulations, and socio-economic issues affecting European businesses.  The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is the voice of organized civil society in Europe.
15. European Food Safety Authority (EFSA):  Provides guidance and resources on food safety regulations and standards in Europe.  The core of our activities is to collect, appraise and integrate scientific evidence to answer questions about risks. The outcome of our work is scientific advice to risk managers, jointly produced by independent experts and EFSA staff. Everything we do is guided by our values of Excellence, Independence, Openness, Accountability and Cooperation.
16. European Bioplastics:  Offers information on bioplastics, sustainability, and circular economy initiatives in Europe.  Bioplastics are a major driver in the evolution of plastics, and they contribute significantly to a more sustainable society. Our mission is to advance the economic and regulatory framework in Europe to allow for the bioplastics market to grow and flourish. Therefore, we aim to bring together all relevant partners and stakeholders and serve as both, a knowledge platform for all audiences and a business platform to support a sustainable technological development along the entire value chain as well as a full-scale market introduction of bioplastics.
17. European Society for Quality Research (ESQR):  Promotes quality and excellence in businesses across Europe and provides recognition and awards for achievements.  Quality research with solid and innovative methodology is imperative to meet and address business challenges. Today, quality research remains one of the core activities of the European Society for Quality Research (ESQR).   ESQR excels in promoting existing studies and carrying out cutting-edge researches on quality management to demonstrate the economic and social benefits of quality models to organizations.
18. European Crowdfunding Network (ECN):  Offers resources, research, and advocacy for crowdfunding platforms and investors in Europe. We execute initiatives aimed at innovating, representing, promoting and protecting the European crowdfunding industry as a key aspect of innovation within alternative finance and financial technology, including crypto assets and distributed ledger technologies. 

These resources can provide valuable information, support, and networking opportunities for U.S. small businesses looking to navigate the European market.