by Andrea | Jun 25, 2018 | access to finance, international trade rules, tools for importers
Citing national security concerns the Trump Administration has imposed an additional 25% duty on steel mill and a 10% duty on aluminum articles imported into the United States. As of June 1, 2018, imports from all countries, with 4 exceptions, are subject to the...
by Andrea | Jun 11, 2018 | international trade rules, tools for importers
Citing national security concerns, in March (2018) the Trump Administration imposed a 25% duty on steel imports and a 10% duty on aluminum imports. Have US tariffs launched a trade war? Or is it clever use of a negotiating tactic by the Administration? Negotiations...
by Andrea | May 21, 2018 | access to finance, international trade rules, tools for importers
Should the system of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) be reformed? That is the question being considered by the United Nations Commission on Trade Law (UNCITRAL). ISDS provisions are contained in about 3,000 investment treaties and investment chapters of free...
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...