by Andrea | Dec 27, 2013 | access to finance, CSME, international trade rules, Recent Trends in Trade, tools for importers, Trade and Development, world financial crisis
The WTO 9th Ministerial in Bali concluded on December 6th, 2013 with the first-ever global Agreement on Trade Facilitation. This Agreement introduces new trade rules to streamline customs and port procedures for the world’s traders. Other key decisions...
by Andrea | Dec 2, 2013 | international trade rules, small business financing, tools for importers
Beginning in 1995, the United Nations and the United States initiated and have increased economic sanctions against Iran. The comprehensive economic sanctions put in place over the years have effectively blocked, with very few exceptions, the opportunity to do...
by Andrea | Nov 18, 2013 | CSME, international trade rules, Recent Trends in Trade, tools for importers, Trade and Development
At the request of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has launched four investigations that will examine the impact of African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) on African exporters and for U.S. businesses. AGOA is the...
by Andrea | Oct 28, 2013 | CSME, informal trade, international trade rules, Recent Trends in Trade, tools for importers, Trade and Development
In a recent post, we shared information about opportunities that exist for African exporters to access the US market. Using the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) programs, African exporters can have their products...
by Andrea | Oct 7, 2013 | CSME, international trade rules, Recent Trends in Trade, tools for importers, Trade and Development
For African exporters interested in the US market, the good news is that US-African trade grew by more than 500 per cent between 2001 and 2011. The U.S. market is wide open for goods that conform to its laws. The African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) and the...
by Andrea | Aug 4, 2013 | CSME, international trade rules, Recent Trends in Trade, tools for importers, Trade and Development, World Trade Organization
As of August 1st (2013), importers who rely on the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) preference program have lost those benefits. As I explained in previous posts the GSP program allows about 5,000 products from about 127 developing countries to enter the United...
