by Andrea | Oct 5, 2016 | access to finance
Sourcing in China – the “world’s factory” — continues to provide an attractive option for manufacturers for this year. This is also the time that retailers are sourcing products in preparation for the busy holiday season. China will remain a target destination...
by Andrea | Sep 21, 2016 | access to finance, international trade rules
We hear of Russian cyber attacks in the U.S. and Europe weekly, if not daily. Could the attacks be retaliation for American and European sanctions against Russia? In 2014, the European Union and the United States imposed sanctions against Russia because of its ongoing...
by Andrea | Sep 14, 2016 | access to finance, world trade month 2016
The thaw in US-Cuba political and commercial relations have continued, but is there US tourism in Cuba? We shared in an earlier post details on the commercial interests included in President Obama’s to Cuba in March (2016). The following Company Executives accompanied...
by Andrea | Jun 29, 2016 | access to finance, CSME, FDA food facility registration, international trade rules
The struggles of Chipotle, the US restaurant chain, to regain customers lost after hundreds fell ill from contaminated food, reinforce the preventative goals of the US Food Safety Modernization ACT (FSMA). Since our last FSMA Update, the US Food & Drug...
by Andrea | Feb 23, 2016 | access to finance, CSME, international trade rules, tools for importers
Apple, the tech giant, is currently engaged in a fight with the US Government (2016). At the request of the Department of Justice, a California court has issued a warrant requiring that Apple help the FBI to unlock the iphone used in a terrorist attack that killed 14...
by Andrea | Jan 6, 2016 | access to finance, CSME, international trade rules, Recent Trends in Trade, tools for importers, Trade and Development, world financial crisis
The World Trade Organization (WTO) 10th Ministerial Conference was held, for the first time in WTO history, in Africa – Nairobi, Kenya. Scheduled for December 15-18, 2015, extending discussions for a fifth day allowed the Ministers to reach consensus on the Nairobi...
