[ad_1] Trade compliance manager—the unsung hero of 2018. In every organization—business, political, social, household—there is what’s often described as an unsung hero; an individual who plays a pivotal role but is often overlooked or uncelebrated. Within global organizations engaged in international trade, perhaps one of the most under-celebrated and under-appreciated is the compliance manager. For […]
[ad_1] Trump’s trade policy is no policy. At a hearing yesterday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had to walk back his earlier pronouncement that not all presidential utterances represented United States policy. Later in the hearing he admitted that presidential comments do, in fact, represent policy. The problem with […]
[ad_1] Chinese Aviation Products Gain Access to US Market. After 12 years of consultations, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) signed an Implementation Procedures for Airworthiness agreement that allows both the FAA and CAAC to recognize each other’s approval of aircraft and aviation products’ and articles’ airworthiness. The […]
[ad_1] The Road Ahead Under Trump: How Should Businesses Prepare? One hundred days into the Trump Administration, American businesses should not be concerned with what President Trump promised and what he has accomplished. Rather, businesses should be preparing for the future. Let’s take a minute to perform our own kind of “state of trade SWOT […]
[ad_1] China Fast Growing Inbound Trade: Chinese ports are currently encountering a nasty bout of congestion brought on by a number of coalescing factors. Bad weather, the restructuring of alliance networks, ever bigger ships and shippers’ eagerness to move cargo ahead of planned rate increases have all been mentioned in dispatches as the reasons why […]
[ad_1] US Hits Canada With Duties in International Trade Dispute: CANADIAN SOFTWOOD LUMBER, SIDING, AND FLOORING ARE SUBJECT TO COMMERCE’S CVD ORDER: Customs and Border Protection will collect cash deposits based on preliminary rates. US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced last night the preliminary determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of softwood lumber […]
[ad_1] Trump to US Business: Find Trade Alternatives to China: President Donald Trump appears to be advising United States companies to avoid doing business with China. His reason: the trade deficits the US runs up with the People’s Republic. The message came in a tweet yesterday, which read, “The meeting next week with China will […]
[ad_1] Trump: 19th Century Trade Policy for 21st Century America: At a rally in Kentucky on Monday, President Donald Trump reiterated his support for the American System, a program first expounded in the 19th century by Henry Clay. Clay (1777-1852) represented Kentucky in the US Congress and became speaker of the House of Representatives in […]
[ad_1] Trump’s Misstatements on Trade at Merkel Press Conference: While the political press has been lamenting President Donald Trump’s doubling down on his allegations of being surveilled by his predecessor, in the presence of the visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, we here at Global Trade focus, not surprisingly, on international trade, so we’re going to […]
[ad_1] Gaming International Trade: When teaching the course International Economics at the NYU Florence campus, Professor Giampiero Gallo organizes a modified version of the International Trade Game. Students are divided into teams – functioning as individual countries – and compete to manufacture and sell products to a trader at posted prices, which can vary with […]