Trade Compliance Blog

US Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke discusses the Export Initiative on Fox News in the video below.

Upcoming webinar from Sandler Travis & Rosenberg regarding Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) which extends duty-free access to US for Haitian textiles

Please participate in a survey on how companies manage NAFTA qualification! With the results, we hope to advance industry knowledge of best practices.

Well, not Mr. Strauss himself – The chief supply officer at Levi Strauss testified in front of the House Ways & Means committee recently to encourage a stable, long-term trade preference program that encourages liberal rules of origin for raw materials and is easy for companies to utilize. From the Journal of Commerce: A successful [...]

Remember the Export Compliance Survey I was telling you about? The recent webinar that discusses the findings of the survey as well as key strategies for establising an export management system is now available on-demand. Topics covered include: How to implement a comprehensive, “budget neutral” export compliance program in a down economy to protect your [...]

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 [...]