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...
The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program about which I wrote in a prior post is currently expired (as of March 2021). This won’t be a first as the program has expired and been renewed in the past. In fact, GSP periodically expires and must be renewed by...
The Trade Policy Agenda of the Biden Administration, released in March (2021), very clearly reflects U.S. domestic concerns. Unlike the Trump Administration, however, which kept narrowly defined U.S. interests at the heart of its policy, the Biden Administration trade...
The following is an excerpt that was taken from the front page of the October 19th publication of the Latin America Advisor. “The Caribbean is better positioned than any other region in the world to take advantage of the “blue economy,” Valerie Hickey, a...