by Andrea | 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 Andrea | 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 Andrea | Jan 15, 2019 | Brexit, CSME, tools for importers, Trump on Trade, world financial crisis
Not surprisingly, given the challenging issues that were on our Trade Watch 2018, several have come over into 2019, unresolved and in some cases even more complex. Here are the issues we will be following in Trade Watch 2019. NAFTA Re-negotiated: NAFTA has been...
by Andrea | Jan 15, 2019 | Brexit, CSME, Trump on Trade, world financial crisis
Here are the trade issues we will be watching through the course of 2018: Brexit: The two-year period for UK to negotiate its exit from the EU began on 29th March, 2017. Can the 30th March 2019 deadline be met? How will the anti-trade sentiments that fueled Brexit...
by Andrea | 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 Andrea | 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...
