Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has unleashed against it a barrage of punitive trade measures by Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States, and other countries. Russia has hit back with its export bans (and perhaps also to secure needed goods for war). So, is...
“Why Haiti?” The question on the minds and lips of anyone following this country’s trajectory – why is Haiti suffering so? Since wrestling its independence from France in 1804, the country has veered between political dictatorship and political upheaval. Over 50% of...
The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program about which I wrote in a prior post is currently expired (as of March 2021). This won’t be a first as the program has expired and been renewed in the past. In fact, GSP periodically expires and must be renewed by...
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...
US-China trade – will the two economic powerhouses be able to negotiate away the trade tensions and tariffs? They have negotiated a Phase One deal which is scheduled to be signed in January. But we have been here before. The mutual mistrust means that all bets are off...
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...
