True Costs of Doing Business Internationally
With the approach of 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...
View ArticlePractical Tips for Global Traders – World Trade Month 2022
May is World Trade Month in the United States and events are being held across the country to recognize the importance of exporting to jobs and our economy. To learn more about World Trade Month events...
View ArticleFood Labels: The New Frontier
Food labels are not just pretty images designed to attract our attention or to tell us as consumers whether we are buying salt and not sugar. Labelling requirements apply to all producers, including...
View ArticleUsing Preferential Trade Rules to Re-Engineer Your Supply Chains
Trade wars, real wars, Brexit dislocations, and a pandemic have created strong imperatives for companies to re-engineer their supply chains. An April 2020 survey found that 83% of multinational...
View ArticleCaribbean Missing Out On US trade
Source: BARBADOS BUSINESS AUTHORITY Published: Monday, November 14, 2022 By Shawn Cumberbatch Private sector firms in Barbados and 11 other English-speaking Caribbean countries are just scratching the...
View ArticleHow Small Business Owners Should Prepare For International Markets
A report from the US Congressional Research Service shared that 166,384 small businesses in the United States currently export, accounting for about 26% of all U.S. exports and about 96% of all...
View ArticleTrade Landscape in 2023 – Part 1
A look back at 2022 underscores the extent to which the covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine dominated the trade landscape. In 2023, Russia’s continued aggression and its impact on Ukraine’s...
View ArticleTrade Landscape in 2023 – Part 2
Building on the insights from our first article in this series, let’s dive further into the current state of global trade and its future prospects, Trade Landscape in 2023 – Part 1 can be read here....
View ArticleEmpowering Women Entrepreneurs: Breaking Barriers and Driving Change in...
March is a time to celebrate the achievements of women and recognize the challenges they still face in breaking through barriers. One area where women have made significant progress is in international...
View ArticleCaribbean Women Traders and the Moratorium on E-Commerce: Is It Enough?
The moratorium on the imposition of customs duties on e-commerce transactions put in place by the World Trade Organization (WTO) is a necessary, but insufficient step for women traders to benefit from...
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