Many people didn't know that without even leaving Colorado Springs, they could experience various foreign cultures. This sort of experience often has an incredibly significant impact on trade relations with those specific foreign cultures and countries, which is why there were officials who could put you in touch with the cultures of Norway, China and Japan. The 2010 Human development report listed Norway as the number one "Very high Development" country. Indeed, the standard of living, life expectancy and the educational rankings were very high in Norway. Therefore, it was not surprising that Norway had a tradition of extremely liberal trade regime, which could be described as almost completely free trade as far as industrial goods were concerned. A member of the World Trade Organization and of the European Free Trade Association, Norway sustained trade liberalization and supported the admission of new countries into the WTO and the EFTA. A great supporter of environmental issues and of the developing countries' needs, Norway appeared to be one of the top players in international trade. Norway hosted a vast list of top universities, out of which every year came well trained professionals of different areas of expertise, trade and business included. Another country listed as having had high educational ranking was, of course, China. Research showed that there was a tight connection between this fact and the fact that in recent years China had started playing a central role in regional specialization, as well as increasing its level of integration with the global economy. It became a well known fact that china had been contributing for some time to the sustained growth in the international trade environment. This country diversified its exports and launched a greater penetration of industrial country markets. Undoubtedly, China had all the specialists it needed to continue on this ascendant economic path. Many of these experts were a direct result of the high rank Chinese universities. Japan, on the other hand, was the 16th ranked country in terms of higher education affordability. Business, accounting and engineering were, apparently, the most popular subjects to be studied in Japanese public and private universities. Japan was also one of the top players in international trade. Back in the late '80s, due to some pressure from its foreign trading partners and from the foreign competitors, Japan started opening its economy to foreign competition. After several ups and downs, in the year 2000, the values of Japanese exports and imports were impressive. It is now widely known that until recently, Japan had been one of the strongest competitors in the arena of international trade. And while it will probably need some time to recover from the recent natural disasters and ecologic catastrophes, Japan still has a great impact on the international trade.