by Andrea | May 26, 2021 | Business, Trade and Society, International Trade, international trade rules, Trade and Development, Trade and Small Business, World Trade Month, World Trade Organization
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...
by Andrea | Jun 8, 2020 | Business, Trade and Society, cap and trade, international trade rules, Trade and Small Business, World Trade Organization
One of the issues companies will have to consider as they re-engineer supply chains in response to the coronavirus pandemic is – what’s behind the label? It can be challenging to determine exactly where in the world a product was made. Today’s global supply chains...
by Andrea | May 25, 2020 | Business, Trade and Society, COVID-19, international trade rules, Trade and Small Business
Trade sanctions are still operating during the pandemic. The United States and other countries impose comprehensive economic and trade embargoes or more targeted sanctions on countries considered “bad actors” by the United Nations or individual countries. Small...
by Andrea | Feb 18, 2020 | Rules of doing business internationally, tools for importers, Trade and Development, Trade and Small Business, Trump on Trade
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...
by Andrea | Nov 24, 2019 | Business, Trade and Society, Featured, Rules of doing business internationally, Trade and Small Business
You need to act now to keep or obtain a suspension or reduction of duties on your imports under the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill process! A Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) is a law that temporarily reduces or suspends the import tariffs paid on eligible products imported...
