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 | 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 | 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 | Sep 14, 2020 | Business, Trade and Society, International Trade, international trade rules, Trump on Trade, US-Caribbean trade
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...
by Andrea | Jul 6, 2020 | Business, Trade and Society, international trade rules
Andrea Ewart interviewed Tamica Solomon, the Acting Director of the United States-Mexico Canada (USMCA) Center. A summary of the interview follows. The interview can be heard in its entirety here. The USMCA Center was recently opened by the U.S. Customs and Border...
by Andrea | Jun 22, 2020 | international trade rules, Trump on Trade
The new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) replaces North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on July 1, 2020. After the three countries signed the agreement on the modernized NAFTA on October 1, 2018, its entry into force stalled. Democrats in the US Congress...
