Show What You’ve Got

It’s not too late for US exporters to apply for International Buyer Program B2B match-making at this Fall’s trade shows | by Bill Armbruster, blog anchor. Whether you’re looking to buy or sell, trade shows and trade fairs are excellent venues for reaching potential...

The Path Not Taken

National Export Initiative goal of doubling US exports in 5 years is decades out of reach at current pace. Back in 2010, the year this blog launched, we wrote about the National  Export Initiative (NEI) just nine months into the US government’s 5-year campaign to...

Peruvian Economy Disappoints

Is this the curse of commodities export dependence at work? Peru's gross domestic product expanded 5.0% in May, lower than the expected 5.5 to 6.0% growth, the government announced last week. Barely two weeks earlier, President Ollanta Humala was remarking on Peru’s...

The Curious Case of the Cactus Bar in Vilnius

The US consumes most of what Mexico produces, but global markets are demanding a share of tequila. BusinessWeek reports that Mexico’s distillers are primed to conquer the Chinese market, now that China’s government has ended restrictions that blocked imports of the...

CBP on the Prowl for Copycats

Are Those Red Bottoms Really Christian Louboutins? | by Peter Quinter, guest columnist. Haven't you ever thought – Are those Tory Burch flats real? Is that Coach tag attached to an authentic Coach purse? Are those boots really UGGs? Is that Michael Kors wallet a...

Buono Appetito!

US lifts ban on imports of Italian salami, pancetta, other pork products. America’s antipasti are about to get more varied and more authentic. The US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced the end of a 45-year-old ban on such pork products...

Suffering by Comparison

Spotlight on Pacific Alliance trade bloc casts unflattering light on Mercosur “While Pacific Alliance thrives, Mercosur withers,” headlines a recent Andres Oppenheimer opinion piece in the Miami Herald. The Pacific Alliance’s May 23 Cali summit, capped by an agreement...

Shrimp CVD Inquiry Yields Split Results

Two of  seven exporting countries studied are NOT providing countervailable subsidies; 62.74% duty for Malaysian imports. The US Department of Commerce has reported its preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty investigation of seven countries exporting...