I have a personal memory, which I shall always treasure, of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. No, I did not know her personally. Nor did we ever “meet” in the usual sense of the word. In 2004, I applied to and was admitted into the US Supreme Court Bar. One slightly overcast April...
The Caribbean Basin Trade Preferences Act (CBTPA) and the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) programs which give products from developing countries duty-free and other preferential access to the US market expire this year. It is time to renew US trade...
In 2016, I worked with a Kenyan exporter and her buyer seeking to address the technical barriers to importing French beans from Kenya into the United States. A major vegetable export crop in Kenya, French beans are grown mostly by small-scale farmers, providing them...
The following excerpt was contributed by International Trade Attorney and Consultant, Andrea Ewart in the August 5th publication of Latin America Advisor. Andrea Ewart, CEO of DevelopTradeLaw: “The decisive rejection of Bouterse’s government by the Surinamese...
On June 5, 2020, the US Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) issued proposed rules to modernize the regulation of US customs brokers. CBP invites comments through the submission of written data, views, or arguments on all aspects of the proposed rule on or...