Upcoming Webinar: “Preparing Your Business for Global E-Commerce”

January 21, 2011

The U.S. Commercial Service hosts a webinar for e-commerce exporters discussing inventory management, tariffs and taxes, international shipping considerations, fraud issues, export controls, and country of origin.

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Brazil May Levy 100% Duties On US Goods in January 2010

November 18, 2009

The following information is courtesy of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, PA. Importers Have Short Time to Comment Before Retaliation List Finalized The Brazilian Chamber of Foreign Trade (CAMEX) published Nov. 9 a list of 222 items (click here for full list [PDF]) of U.S.-origin products that may be subject to retaliatory duties of up to [...]

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Banana Tariff Deal Expected Soon in WTO

November 12, 2009

The WTO expects to close a long-running dispute over banana tariffs in the next two weeks, according to ICTSD. The EU and Latin American counties have faced off for years over the EU import regime, which includes a €176 per tonne tariff on bananas from most-favoured nation (MFN) suppliers, alongside a 775,000 tonne duty-free import [...]

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Protectionism Rising Despite G-20 Vows on Trade

September 18, 2009

What? You mean politicians don’t always keep their word? Even outside the US? No, not according to recent articles from the WTO and Global Trade Alert: Leaders of the world’s 20 top economies vowed to resist protectionism last November and again in April as they charted a joint strategy for confronting the worst global downturn [...]

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