Expert panel to review compliance with new food import safety rules Earlier this month we took a quick look at the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. If you’re in the Miami area, you have an opportunity to get an in-depth briefing on the new FDA food safety...
Legitimate law enforcement tools carry risk of abuse by Peter Quinter, guest columnist The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is seizing a record number of bank accounts for money laundering. In summary, here is how it...
Pending trade deal gives an edge to Latin America in the EU Well-intentioned it may have been, but the EU’s 1993 decision to slap tariffs on bananas from Latin America while allowing bananas from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to enter its markets...
Sorting out possible causes as yet another global food crisis looms The world’s poorest are at risk of being priced out of the market for food because … we’re burning corn and other staple crops for biofuel … the rising middle classes in the BRICs and beyond are...
Americans may have soured on free trade, but isn’t it in their best interests? by Peter Quinter, guest columnist I am still troubled by the Wall Street Journal lead article on October 4, 2010, with the headline “Recession-Weary Americans Sour on Free Trade.” I asked...
Food Safety Modernization Act broadens FDA oversight and enforcement authority Last May, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found room for improvement in the way the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversees the safety of U.S. food imports. Imports from...
But unfreezing trade will take time We’ve written before on the diplomatic tit-for-tat that virtually shut down commerce between Colombia and Venezuela. After the erstwhile trading partners called it quits in July 2009, binational trade fell by more than 60%. One year...
Customs problems could prevent traditional, down-the-chimney deliveries by Peter Quinter, guest columnist Well, I just wanted to let you all know that Santa may not be coming this year to deliver all those wonderful holiday gifts. Because of incorrect Incoterms and...
Billing beneficiaries for trade promotion could save $1.6 billion through 2014 Charge the beneficiaries for the cost of the International Trade Administration’s trade promotion activities -- that’s Number 36 in the list of ideas for government cost-cutting from the...
Cross-border conference aims to boost the hemisphere’s competitiveness Representatives of 34 countries in the Western Hemisphere (including U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke) gather in Atlanta November 14 through 16 for the Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF)...
