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...
by Andrea | Apr 15, 2018 | CSME, international trade rules, Recent Trends in Trade, tools for importers, world financial crisis
The Trump trade agenda is in the news. Since January (2018), the Trump Administration has imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, started a trade war with China, and re-negotiated the 6-year old Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS). The Administration also...
by Andrea | Apr 1, 2018 | Brexit, CSME, markets in Africa, Recent Trends in Trade, tools for importers
On March 29, 2019 the United Kingdom (UK) is scheduled to leave the European Union (EU). On what terms? What will Brexit mean for the future of the UK’s trading relations with the EU and the rest of the world? Just over a year ago (on March 29, 2017), UK Prime...
by Andrea | Mar 19, 2018 | CSME, informal trade, markets in Africa, tools for importers
Do gender issues belong in a trade agreement? “Yes!”, says Canada. The updated Canada – Chile Free Trade Agreement contains a gender chapter, the first of its kind for a G-20 country. And Canada has proposed that a gender chapter also be included in re-negotiated...
by Andrea | Feb 27, 2018 | access to finance, CSME, international trade rules, markets in Africa, tools for importers
The threat to “Kill NAFTA” was a consistent promise of Trump as a presidential candidate. Instead, while the threat remains, on May 18, 2017 the Trump Administration announced its intention to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). To what end?...
by Andrea | Feb 12, 2018 | CSME, Recent Trends in Trade, tools for importers, Trade and Development
Under the theme – Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World – attendees of the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos recognized that the undeniable gains from the growth in international trade have bypassed some countries and some people in just about every...
