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...
In 2016, I worked with a Kenyan exporter and her buyer seeking to address the technical barriers to importing French beans from Kenya into the United States. A major vegetable export crop in Kenya, French beans are grown mostly by small-scale farmers, providing them...
Proper classification of your imports has become increasingly important in the age of escalating Trump tariffs. Proper classification of your imports determines whether your product will avoid or have to pay these punitive tariffs that increase your costs. The US...
Under the theme – Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World – attendees of the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos recognized that the undeniable gains from the growth in international trade have bypassed some countries and some people in just about every...
The Joint Ministerial Statement on Investment Facilitation for Development adopted on the last day of the 11th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference (for our discussion on the Ministerial click here), signals an opportunity to advance a development...
