… already tie U.S. & India as they sign trade framework U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma signed a “Framework for Cooperation on Trade and Investment” March 17, and followed up by launching the...
… Design Your Export Future The U.S. Commercial Service is offering Exporting 101, a one-day seminar featuring executive-level, pragmatic presentations from experts in international business expressly for designers of apparel, films/videos, footwear, furniture,...
Scope of threat broadens Brazil has broadened the scope of threatened retaliation to include 21 new items, including pharmaceuticals, music and movies (https://bit.ly/cQQ7a8), which would be subject to not only tariffs but also suspension of patents and intellectual...
The Commerce Dept. wants to make you a match Last Thursday, Commerce Sec. Gary Locke took questions during a live webcast about the administration’s National Export Initiative (NEI) to double U.S. exports in the next five years. (You can watch the webcast at...
After 8 years, 30 days to sanctions With the approval of the World Trade Organization, Brazil is set to impose tariffs on a range of U.S. products and commodities in retaliation for U.S. government subsidies to American cotton growers. The trade dispute started in...
The surge in imports may be a triumph of hope over reality. By Bill Armbruster Have U.S. importers been too optimistic about growth prospects in the U.S. this year? I think so — and I think that helps explain why there such was a mad scramble for container space out...
… in other news, trade in wine, fish, fruit is disrupted The Chilean earthquake may have shifted the Earth’s axis by 3 inches and shortened the length of an earth day by about 1.26 microsecond NASA calculates. It has most certainly caused hundreds of casualties and...
