The annual Global Services Summit recognizes the role of services in today’s global economy. The annual one-day event convenes senior trade officials, policymakers, and business leaders from around the world to discuss issues related to international trade in...
Trade wars, real wars, Brexit dislocations, and a pandemic have created strong imperatives for companies to re-engineer their supply chains. An April 2020 survey found that 83% of multinational executives were contemplating so-called “reshoring” or “nearshoring”....
What is Trade Facilitation? The past two traumatic years of the pandemic have reminded us of just how trade-dependent our economies are for daily essentials and the luxuries that improve the quality of our lives. Closed borders to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus...
Just as we did last year, our discussion of the trade landscape in 2022 will take a look at Brexit and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). How are they doing? Before getting to that, however, we must acknowledge the trade-related aspects of the double...
July 1, 2021 marked one year since the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) took effect, replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). And on that day, international trade attorney, Andrea Ewart, caught up with Tamica Solomon, Acting Director of...
As we close out the month of May – widely celebrated across the United States as “World Trade Month” – this seems an appropriate time to highlight some of the resources that are available to support companies to do business internationally. Knowing Your...
