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...
