Could the Pacific Alliance become the vehicle for the economic ties across the Pacific Rim that were the aim of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? The four members of the trade bloc – Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru – are among Latin America’s leading advocates for...
Brazilian meat exports have taken a big hit. On March 17, Brazil’s federal police raided meat packers accused of paying off inspectors to okay rotten and adulterated meat for market, capping a two-year investigation into official corruption dubbed “Operation Weak...
NVOCCs again laid claim to a record 38.8% share of US import shipping volumes in 2016, with a growth rate in TEUs that outpaced the rate of carriers as a whole. Our bill-of-lading data shows that ocean carriers brought 20,953,723 TEUs in imports to US ports last year;...
Mercosur is looking for opportunities to do more cross-border business both within the five-member trade bloc and beyond. Foreign ministers are set to meet March 9 to discuss lowering barriers to trade among the countries that make up the “Common Market of the South”...
LogisticsTI takes a look at Alibaba’s OneTouch online import-export services (including loans) aimed at small and medium enterprises (SMEs) ... although, take note, Maersk, CMA CGM and a host of other undeniably big transportation providers and forwarders recently...
Wear and Tear, a four-part series of reports from digital publication Undark, documents the impacts of tanneries and textile mills that take advantage of weak environmental regulation in developing economies. Produced by the Knight Science Journalism Fellowship...
The US embargo against Cuba still limits trade between the two countries, but an analysis for the Miami Herald by Datamyne shows steady traffic between several Florida air- and seaports and the island. Trade reached almost $65 million last year. In 2015, the Port...
A South Korean court officially declared Hanjin Shipping bankrupt February 17, clearing the way for the carrier’s liquidation – as reported by US News & World Report. Once one of South Korea’s industrial titans, the 40-year-old Hanjin accounted for 12% of all inbound...
by John M. Peterson, guest columnist Two recent cases brought under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) underscore how risky importing can be in this era of whistleblower lawsuits. One case won in court. The other seemed to have failed, only to get a second chance....
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