The AberdeenGroup has come out with a brand new report, which will be available for free for a limited time – Global Trade Management: Strategies for Mastering Trade Compliance and Supply Chain Complexity.
The US and South Korea have plans to meet to further discuss the KORUS Free Trade Agreement, which has yet to be approved by Congress.
Upcoming webinar about building an export compliance program within your company.
Upcoming webinar from Sandler Travis & Rosenberg regarding Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) which extends duty-free access to US for Haitian textiles
Companies that implement additional trade agreements add exponential savings to their sourcing costs. Here’s a 10 minute video on managing multiple free trade agreements.
ICPA will be hosting its first European conference in Amsterdam, on June 13-15. Sessions & registration information listed below.
Management Dynamics has partnered with FTZ Corporation to expand the use of foreign-trade zones integrated with core Global Trade Management processes.
According to ICTSD, the EU and Vietnam announced this week that the two nations will be starting negotiations to enter into a bilateral free trade agreement. Vietnam wishes to increase its exports to help its economy, hit especially hard by the recent economic downturn. Prior to joining the WTO in 2007, Vietnam worked to modernize [...]
The International Centre for Trade & Sustainable Development reports that 22 developing countries have tentatively agreed to reduce tariffs and other trade barriers as a means to boost trade between their countries. “Trade officials report that negotiators from 22 nations on Wednesday reached an outline agreement on a new round of concessions under the Global [...]
While visiting South Korea, President Obama announced his intention to pass the South Korea-US free trade agreement that is currently on hold, pending approval in Congress. From the New York Times, on Thursday: At a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, Mr. Obama and the president of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak, both declared their desire [...]
