When it comes to global trade, the rewards can be exponential. The risks are there, however, and it pays to be informed...

Nationalizations, government takeovers, expropriation of assets and other nightmares have faced those willing to trade internationally for centuries and continues to this day in countries like Venezuela, Libya, and other countries.

Caught unaware by the 2007 bank crisis in Iceland, the Asian currency crisis of 1998, and the Mexican Peso devaluation of December 1995, billions of dollars were lost by global businesses caught sleeping.

Perhaps if they had been proactive, obtaining Whitehall Country Risk Assessments, those companies and traders that suffered lossed might have been able to prevent them.

Developed from a myriad of sources, including official, business, and industry, as well as the latest global news headlines that Whitehall constantly monitors, our Country Risk Assessments are reliable trade tools. Offering analysis of the near-term market risks -- useful for portfolio managers, and longer-term risk-related trends -- required by direct investors in plant and equipment. Government agencies, exporters looking for distributing partnerships, manufacturers seeking partners for in-country production consider Whitehall's Country Risk Assessments well worth the $450 investment that each report costs.