Bands of Gold …

… already tie U.S. & India as they sign trade framework U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma signed a “Framework for Cooperation on Trade and Investment” March 17, and followed up by launching the...

Designing in NY?

… Design Your Export Future The U.S. Commercial Service is offering Exporting 101, a one-day seminar featuring executive-level, pragmatic presentations from experts in international business expressly for designers of apparel, films/videos, footwear, furniture,...

Brazil's Countdown Continues

Scope of threat broadens Brazil has broadened the scope of threatened retaliation to include 21 new items, including pharmaceuticals, music and movies (http://bit.ly/cQQ7a8), which would be subject to not only tariffs but also suspension of patents and intellectual...

Speed Dating for Customers

The Commerce Dept. wants to make you a match  Last Thursday, Commerce Sec. Gary Locke took questions during a live webcast about the administration’s National Export Initiative (NEI) to double U.S. exports in the next five years. (You can watch the webcast at...

Cockeyed Optimism

The surge in imports may be a triumph of hope over reality. By Bill Armbruster Have U.S. importers been too optimistic about growth prospects in the U.S. this year? I think so — and I think that helps explain why there such was a mad scramble for container space out...