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 | Nov 12, 2018 | FDA food facility registration, international trade rules, tools for importers
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2011 aims to ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply with a focus on preventing, rather than responding to, food contaminations. FSMA requirements apply to domestic and imported human and animal food products, including...
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...
by Andrea | Jul 29, 2018 | Brexit, international trade rules, markets in Africa, tools for importers
The EU’s Chief Brexit Negotiator has decisively rejected the United Kingdom’s proposal to manage its post-Brexit trade in goods with the EU. The UK’s White Paper – “The Future Relationship Between the United Kingdom and the European Union”proposes the creation of a...
by Andrea | Jul 23, 2018 | Brexit, international trade rules, markets in Africa, tools for importers
The British government’s proposal for the United Kingdom’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union has pleased neither the Brexiters nor the EU. It is easy to understand why. The White Paper, The Future Relationship Between the UK and the European Union,...