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 | Mar 24, 2021 | Business, Trade and Society, COVID-19, International Trade, Trade and Development, US-China Trade Relations, World Trade Organization
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...
by Andrea | Mar 8, 2021 | Business, Trade and Society, International Trade, World Trade Organization
As we celebrate the achievements of women this month (March) we also welcome Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). By her very appointment, “Dr. Ngozi”, as she is called, has overcome a six-month period when the...
by Andrea | Dec 14, 2020 | COVID, International Trade, World Trade Organization
The Vaccine The 2020 global pandemic highlighted the cracks in the supply chains that keep us fed, clothed, in health, and entertained. In 2021, our hopes for getting back to a post-pandemic life depend on the effective global distribution of the newly manufactured...
by Andrea | Nov 23, 2020 | Business, Trade and Society, International Trade, US-China Trade Relations, World Trade Organization
The Trump trade policy has been characterized by a protectionist America-first agenda. Featuring unilateralism and isolationism, its hallmarks have included a repudiation of multilateral trade agreements and negotiations, a unilateral trade war with China, and a...
by Andrea | Aug 29, 2020 | Trade and Development, Uncategorized, World Trade Organization
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...
