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 Sandler, Travis, & Rosenberg [...]
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 Kingdom
Little to No Enforcement:
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
Czech Republic
Estonia
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Israel
Mexico
New Zealand
Poland
Portugal
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
South Africa
Turkey
Not surprisingly, many top countries are also on the [...]
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 has [...]
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 to [...]
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.
2. Submit fraudulent [...]
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 cases companies [...]
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 hiring employees [...]
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 [...]
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