E. & J. Gallo won a case against French wine producers who were intentionally mislabeling their wine to charge a higher price when selling to Gallo.
Hurray! The decades long trade fight over bananas has ended. The EU has agreed to cut tariffs on imported bananas from Latin American countries. With removal of preferential treatment to former colonies, growers throughout Latin America hope to export more of their yellow fruit to Europe. As part of the Agreement, the US will also [...]
Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving. Please be sure to enjoy your time off! Thanksgiving is not all about the turkey – please consider a Turkeyless Thanksgiving and save a life in the process. Check out the Adopt-a-Turkey project! It’s a sponsored adoption… so you won’t have to take the turkey home! Don’t gobble the [...]
According to the World Trade Organization, China has overtaken Germany as the world’s largest exporter during the first half of 2009. China has been experiencing fast-paced growth the last several years but has previously not reached Germany’s levels. From January through June 2009, China’s total export volume amounted to $521.7 billion, slightly exceeding Germany’s exports, [...]
If you don’t already, I highly recommend keeping an eye on the CBP News Releases page. About 90% of their news releases are about drug busts, but every once in a while there’s some good wacky Wednesday news. On July 29th, CBP Officers intercepted a shipment of counterfeit sunglasses, bearing logos resembling Coach, Chanel, and [...]
Over a dozen rare rhinoceros beetles, seized by CBP last year from a post office, have found a new home at the Smithsonian in Washington DC. When the insects were discovered in May 2008 at the Mohnton post office, an investigation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies led to the arrest of Marc [...]
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 [...]
I happened to find this article yesterday while brushing up on my Trade Agreements news – “Bra marketers make bogus claims of cancer prevention: officials” The Vietnamese importer of a type of bra made in Taiwan has been exaggerating the manufacturer’s claims of the bra’s health-giving properties without government approval, according to a health ministry [...]
