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...
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 | Apr 30, 2019 | World Trade Organization
On May 14, 2019, the US International Trade Commission (USITC) is holding a public hearing in connection with the preparation of its 24th biennial public report on the Caribbean Basin Economic Reform Act (CBERA) which grants duty-free access into the United States for...
by Andrea | Apr 13, 2016 | world trade month 2016, World Trade Organization
Continued from …US-Cuba Commercial Thaw Progresses While the visit to Cuba of the first sitting US President since Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) and the Rolling Stones free open-air concert were the undoubted highlights of President Obama’s visit to Cuba (March...
by Andrea | Apr 6, 2016 | CSME, world trade month 2016, World Trade Organization
The visit to Cuba of the first sitting US President since Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) and the Rolling Stones free open-air concert were the undoubted highlights of President Obama’s visit to Cuba (March 21-22, 2016). To get a picture of how the US-Cuba commercial thaw...
