by Andrea | May 3, 2016 | CSME, international trade rules, Recent Trends in Trade
U.S. National Small Business Week 2016 recognizes the contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners in its economy. May is also World Trade Month in the U.S. Events across the country will focus on providing resources to US businesses...
by Andrea | Apr 13, 2016 | world trade month 2016, World Trade Organization
Continued from …US-Cuba Commercial Thaw Progresses While the visit to Cuba of the first sitting US President since Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) and the Rolling Stones free open-air concert were the undoubted highlights of President Obama’s visit to Cuba (March...
by Andrea | Apr 6, 2016 | CSME, world trade month 2016, World Trade Organization
The visit to Cuba of the first sitting US President since Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) and the Rolling Stones free open-air concert were the undoubted highlights of President Obama’s visit to Cuba (March 21-22, 2016). To get a picture of how the US-Cuba commercial thaw...
by Andrea | Mar 15, 2016 | international trade rules
Written by Stacy Telfer, Esq. On January 4, 2011, President Obama signed into law the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the most far-reaching reforms to U.S. food safety laws since passage of the Food Drug & Cosmetic Act of 1937. The FSMA aims to ensure the...
by Andrea | Mar 7, 2016 | CSME, informal trade, Recent Trends in Trade
Just in time for International Women’s Month (2016), the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) office of the US Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that it had, for the first, time, broken the 5% target for federal government contracts awarded to women-owned...