by Andrea | May 3, 2016 | CSME, international trade rules, Recent Trends in Trade
U.S. National Small Business Week 2016 recognizes the contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners in its economy. May is also World Trade Month in the U.S. Events across the country will focus on providing resources to US businesses...
by Andrea | Apr 6, 2016 | CSME, world trade month 2016, World Trade Organization
The visit to Cuba of the first sitting US President since Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) and the Rolling Stones free open-air concert were the undoubted highlights of President Obama’s visit to Cuba (March 21-22, 2016). To get a picture of how the US-Cuba commercial thaw...
by Andrea | Mar 7, 2016 | CSME, informal trade, Recent Trends in Trade
Just in time for International Women’s Month (2016), the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) office of the US Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that it had, for the first, time, broken the 5% target for federal government contracts awarded to women-owned...
by Andrea | Feb 23, 2016 | access to finance, CSME, international trade rules, tools for importers
Apple, the tech giant, is currently engaged in a fight with the US Government (2016). At the request of the Department of Justice, a California court has issued a warrant requiring that Apple help the FBI to unlock the iphone used in a terrorist attack that killed 14...
by Andrea | Jan 6, 2016 | access to finance, CSME, international trade rules, Recent Trends in Trade, tools for importers, Trade and Development, world financial crisis
The World Trade Organization (WTO) 10th Ministerial Conference was held, for the first time in WTO history, in Africa – Nairobi, Kenya. Scheduled for December 15-18, 2015, extending discussions for a fifth day allowed the Ministers to reach consensus on the Nairobi...
by Andrea | Dec 2, 2015 | CSME, small business financing
In recognition of the key role that small businesses play in the US economy, Black Friday – the big shopping day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day, is now followed by Shop Small Business Saturday. Sites like these, created for the special day, raise the visibility of small...