by Andrea | Nov 3, 2014 | CSME, Recent Trends in Trade, small business financing, tools for importers
Here is Part “E” of my series, “International Trade Alphabet Soup” that will periodically list and provide context for key acronyms and international trade terms: E EAA — Export Administration Act (United States) of 1979 which provided legal authority to the US...
by Andrea | Oct 17, 2014 | access to finance, CSME, international trade rules, small business financing, tools for importers
It pays to develop a corporate culture of compliance. What do the following and scores of other companies have in common? Wal-Mart the world’s largest retailer French oil giant TOTAL a Wall Street broker Hewlett-Packard gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson They have...
by Andrea | Sep 9, 2014 | access to finance, CSME, small business financing, tools for importers
August 1st2014) marked the one-year “anniversary” of the loss by U.S. importers of GSP duty-free access to the US market. The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program allows about 5,000 products from about 127 developing countries to enter the United States on...
by Andrea | Jun 4, 2014 | CSME, Recent Trends in Trade, small business financing, tools for importers
Here is Part “D” of my series, “International Trade Alphabet Soup” that will periodically list and provide context for key acronyms and international trade terms: DAC – Development Assistance Committee: an international forum consisting of the world’s largest...
by Andrea | Jan 20, 2014 | CSME, Recent Trends in Trade, small business financing, tools for importers
Here is Part “C” of my series, “International Trade Alphabet Soup” that will periodically list and provide context for key acronyms and international trade terms: CACM – Central American Common Market: Trade bloc established by Costa Rica, El Salvador,...
by Andrea | Dec 2, 2013 | international trade rules, small business financing, tools for importers
Beginning in 1995, the United Nations and the United States initiated and have increased economic sanctions against Iran. The comprehensive economic sanctions put in place over the years have effectively blocked, with very few exceptions, the opportunity to do...