I recently rediscovered a Best Buy gift card buried in the back of my wallet, probably hiding there since Christmas. I have determined the best way to spend it is on a shiny new flat screen TV. Frankly it’s almost embarrassing when friends come over and see my 19″ Cathode Ray TV/VCR combo. Until I [...]
Although RSS feeds are speedier, some still prefer the good old fashioned email update. These are some very helpful e-newsletters offered for free by colleagues in the international trade compliance niche. Enjoy! Global Trade Management Newsletter by Management Dynamics GTM Newsletter by SupplyChainBrain.com (aka Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies Magazine) World Trade Interactive by [...]
According to a recent study by Transparency International, just 4 of the 36 countries who signed the Anti-Bribery Convention of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) agreement actually enforce the bribery laws. Full enforcement: Germany Norway Switzerland USA Moderate enforcement: Denmark Finland France Italy Japan Republic of Korea The Netherlands Spain Sweden United [...]
China and the US are airing their issues at the WTO the last day or two. Yesterday, the US and EU jointly filed a complaint that China violates international trade laws by curbing exports of certain raw materials such as antimony, bauxite, indium, yellow phosphorous, magnesium carbonate, and rare earths. (So that’s why magnesium carbonate [...]
A recent article at Nextgov reported that actually, it’s quite easy to purchase sensitive military technology and send it abroad. Auditors from the Government Accountability Office (GOA), who posed as representatives from a fictitious company, were able to purchase sensitive technology equipment such as night-vision scopes that U.S. soldiers use in Iraq and Afghanistan, hardware [...]
Boskage Trade News has a clever posting on their blog today on Import Compliance: How to Win a Free Place to Stay with Three Meals a Day 1. Send emails to your foreign suppliers requesting two invoices – one with a lower cost for CBP and one with the actual cost submitted directly to you. [...]
The Tennessee professor convicted of export control violations will be sentenced on July 1st. In an unrelated incident, a Florida man was sentenced to 35 months in prison for illegally exporting aircraft parts for resale in Iran, which violates the existing trade embargo. In these cases, the individuals willingly broke the law. However, in some [...]
As discussed recently in some of my favorite blogs, Research Institutions need export compliance too! Although most don’t realize it, universities and other institutes export things every day – and frequently these can be high-tech items containing sensitive, private data. Just like everyone else, Universities must obtain licenses and comply with trade laws. Additionally, when [...]
Although posted in April 2008, Supply Chain Digest has a good article for anyone searching for a Trade Compliance Application: Five Surprises from a Trade Compliance Application. Most trade compliance experts know what they want to achieve with a new system – but this article does a good job differentiating what you need to prevent [...]
BBC News is following a container around world for a year to tell stories of globalization and the world economy. You can track where the box is as it journeys around the globe (currently in China) or print off a PDF to create your own shipping container model. That’s my model to the left. Notice [...]
