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Handy Tool

Look up tariffs for imports and exports between free-trade partners online The International Trade Administration (ITA) has a new online tool that’s handy for looking up tariff information on 85% of the goods going to 20 country markets with which the US has...

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Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Celebrating imports from Mexico Cinco de Mayo commemorates the 1862 Batalla de Puebla at which Mexican forces soundly defeated the French army, which had been dispatched by Napoleon III to secure an empire in the Western Hemisphere. While the French wouldn’t quit...

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Cluck-cluck Cutlet of the Sea

It’s on menus everywhere, but is tilapia good for you? Americans ate 475 million pounds of tilapia last year the New York Times reports, citing US Department of Agriculture statistics. The so-called “aquatic chicken” tastes bland and, just like chicken cutlets, works...

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Burnishing Your Trade Credentials

Trade association programs can add luster to your resume and improve your job performance by Bill Armbruster, blog anchor One of the mantras of the past few years has been that job hunters can improve their prospects by getting trained in new fields. In many cases,...

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