by Andrea | Sep 9, 2018 | access to finance, CSME, international trade rules, small business financing, tools for importers
A few weeks ago (July 2018), I led a seminar on international trade for high school students which brought home to me how much misunderstanding exists about what is a tariff. The assumption was that tariffs are inherently protectionist. The current use of tariffs by...
by Andrea | Apr 15, 2015 | access to finance, CSME, international trade rules, tools for importers
On U.S. Tax Day, we devote this post to discussing the true costs of doing business internationally. Particularly for traders in goods, these costs must be factored into business operations to protect the bottom line. Tariffs: Just about every government collects...
