by Andrea | May 25, 2020 | Business, Trade and Society, COVID-19, international trade rules, Trade and Development, Trade and Small Business, Trump on Trade, World Trade Organization
Trade sanctions are still operating during the pandemic. The United States and other countries impose comprehensive economic and trade embargoes or more targeted sanctions on countries considered “bad actors” by the United Nations or individual countries. Small...
by admin | Oct 21, 2019 | CSME, international trade rules, tools for importers
As part of its responsibilities in protecting your intellectual property at the border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) targets and seizes imports of counterfeit and pirated goods. In Part I, we discussed the steps that IPR holders can take to get CBP’s help...
by admin | Oct 14, 2019 | CSME, international trade rules, tools for importers
As the primary U.S. agency responsible for securing America’s borders, the responsibilities of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) also include protecting your intellectual property at the US border. To help guard against the infringement of U.S. patents,...
by admin | Nov 12, 2018 | FDA food facility registration, international trade rules, tools for importers
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2011 aims to ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply with a focus on preventing, rather than responding to, food contaminations. FSMA requirements apply to domestic and imported human and animal food products, including...
by admin | Sep 9, 2018 | access to finance, CSME, international trade rules, small business financing, tools for importers
A few weeks ago (July 2018), I led a seminar on international trade for high school students which brought home to me how much misunderstanding exists about what is a tariff. The assumption was that tariffs are inherently protectionist. The current use of tariffs by...
by admin | Aug 7, 2018 | Brexit, CSME, international trade rules, tools for importers
UK Brexit Proposal: Services and Investment Freedom of businesses and professionals to provide services anywhere within the European Union(EU) is a core principle governing the EU Single Market for Services. And the EU single market has been good to UK service...
