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The United States has traditionally been a strong target for dog and cat food imports, with the U.S. market share of global sales around 42%. However, U.S. exports of pet food continue to rise, according to data from Descartes Datamyne™  Despite a seasonal decline in December of 2017, retail…

The Trump administration has announced agreements with South Korea to impose a quota on steel imports (instead of a 25% tariff); to lower KORUS FTA barriers to U.S. cars, trucks and auto parts; and to modify currency practices that give South Korea an edge in trade. Just before implementing…

The world’s leading trade partners, the U.S. and China, are implementing tariffs on a growing list of goods. Companies that rely on imports or exports need solutions to keep pace with wide-ranging, rapid-fire changes in the costs of doing business.     Here’s the timeline to date: January 22. The U.S. Trade…

Imposed by presidential proclamations March 8, effective March 23, the new U.S. aluminum and steel tariffs do not apply to imports from NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico. Commerce Dept. is accepting applications to exclude products needed by domestic downstream industries. President Trump has issued two proclamations imposing tariffs…

U.S. Commercial Service is using Descartes Datamyne™ to produce in-depth market research to help U.S. exporters better identify new international business opportunities. Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that the U.S. Commercial Service, a business unit of the International Trade Administration…

The U.S. is making greater use of economic and trade sanctions as tools of foreign policy, extending their reach to more targets around the world … creating new compliance pitfalls for companies that do business on a global basis. The U.S. is leaning in on economic and trade sanctions…

Delivering on a promise to defend domestic industries, the U.S. raises protective tariffs on solar panels, washing machines; finds cause for new duties on alloy aluminum sheet from China. New protective tariffs on solar panels, washing machines and (coming soon) alloy aluminum sheet imports signal a redirection of U.S. trade…

by John M. Peterson, guest columnist Descartes Datamyne subscribers use trade data reports for a variety of purposes – to monitor competitors’ importing activities, to detect intellectual property infringements, to spot contract breaches, and to detect wrongdoing in a variety of circumstances. In some cases, some parties may wish to…