by Andrea | Oct 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
As if the pandemic and its fallout on global trade were not enough, UK businesses and consumers are also dealing with their special brand of Brexit-related headaches. The reappearance of borders – absent when the UK was a member of the European Union (EU) – has...
by Andrea | Sep 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
The supply chain disruptions that we first saw in 2020 because of the COVID-19 global pandemic continue, unabated and even exacerbated by labor shortages and shipping delays. In just one incident, the positive Covid test result of a ship’s crew member upon arrival in...
by Andrea | Aug 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Why Haiti?” The question on the minds and lips of anyone following this country’s trajectory – why is Haiti suffering so? Since wrestling its independence from France in 1804, the country has veered between political dictatorship and political upheaval. Over 50% of...
by Andrea | Jul 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
July 1, 2021 marked one year since the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) took effect, replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). And on that day, international trade attorney, Andrea Ewart, caught up with Tamica Solomon, Acting Director of...
by Andrea | Jul 12, 2021 | International Trade, international trade rules, US-Caribbean trade
Bruce Zagaris is a partner at the Washington, DC Law Firm of Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe and because of his expertise on international taxation controversies, we turned to him to explain to our readers the emerging issue of the global corporate minimum tax. This is...
by Andrea | Jun 24, 2021 | Biden on Trade, G7 Summit, International Trade, US-EU Summit
In addition to sending the visual message of a United States resurging from the global pandemic, the fruits of President Biden’s first overseas trip included several key commitments made with US allies – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the G-7 heads of state, and the...
by Andrea | May 26, 2021 | Business, Trade and Society, International Trade, international trade rules, Trade and Development, Trade and Small Business, World Trade Month, World Trade Organization
As we close out the month of May – widely celebrated across the United States as “World Trade Month” – this seems an appropriate time to highlight some of the resources that are available to support companies to do business internationally. Knowing Your...
by Andrea | Apr 4, 2021 | CSME, Recent Trends in Trade, tools for importers, Trade and Development
The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program about which I wrote in a prior post is currently expired (as of March 2021). This won’t be a first as the program has expired and been renewed in the past. In fact, GSP periodically expires and must be renewed by...
by Andrea | Mar 24, 2021 | Business, Trade and Society, COVID-19, International Trade, Trade and Development, US-China Trade Relations, World Trade Organization
The Trade Policy Agenda of the Biden Administration, released in March (2021), very clearly reflects U.S. domestic concerns. Unlike the Trump Administration, however, which kept narrowly defined U.S. interests at the heart of its policy, the Biden Administration trade...
by Andrea | Mar 8, 2021 | Business, Trade and Society, International Trade, World Trade Organization
As we celebrate the achievements of women this month (March) we also welcome Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). By her very appointment, “Dr. Ngozi”, as she is called, has overcome a six-month period when the...
by Andrea | Feb 1, 2021 | Business, Trade and Society, International Trade, international trade rules, US-Caribbean trade
As of December 31, 2020, importers who rely on the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program have lost those benefits. GSP has expired – again! The GSP is the largest US trade preference program, allowing over 5000 products from over 100 developing countries to...
by Andrea | Jan 11, 2021 | Brexit, International Trade, markets in Africa, Recent Trends in Trade
January 1, 2021, the global landscape changed in two historic and divergent ways. Britain completely left the European Union in search of greater control over its own borders, while the countries of Africa took a key step towards harmonization and the vision of an...
by Andrea | Dec 14, 2020 | COVID, International Trade, World Trade Organization
The Vaccine The 2020 global pandemic highlighted the cracks in the supply chains that keep us fed, clothed, in health, and entertained. In 2021, our hopes for getting back to a post-pandemic life depend on the effective global distribution of the newly manufactured...
by Andrea | Nov 23, 2020 | Business, Trade and Society, International Trade, US-China Trade Relations, World Trade Organization
The Trump trade policy has been characterized by a protectionist America-first agenda. Featuring unilateralism and isolationism, its hallmarks have included a repudiation of multilateral trade agreements and negotiations, a unilateral trade war with China, and a...
by Andrea | Nov 3, 2020 | International Trade, Trump on Trade, US-China Trade Relations
As we said in one of our posts, trade sanctions are still operating during the pandemic. In fact, Chinese tech companies have emerged as a new focus of the US sanctions regime. Among the sanctioned companies is ByteDance Ltd., the owner of TikTok, the popular...
