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 | Jan 2, 2020 | Brexit, Business, Trade and Society, International Trade, Recent Trends in Trade, World Trade Organization
US-China trade – will the two economic powerhouses be able to negotiate away the trade tensions and tariffs? They have negotiated a Phase One deal which is scheduled to be signed in January. But we have been here before. The mutual mistrust means that all bets are off...
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 | May 31, 2016 | International Trade, international trade rules, Recent Trends in Trade, Uncategorized, World Trade Organization
To close out World Trade Month, we remind readers of the market opportunities available in the developing world. Many of these countries have signed trade agreements that have removed or minimized barriers to trading with them. It is time to discover your market in...
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...
