US cattleman urges action on FTAs as competitors vie for overseas markets The US agricultural sector pressed its case for ratification of pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea before the US House of Representatives Committee on...
Look up tariffs for imports and exports between free-trade partners online The International Trade Administration (ITA) has a new online tool that’s handy for looking up tariff information on 85% of the goods going to 20 country markets with which the US has...
Gauging the odds on an FTA, counting lost-opportunity costs In February, the Obama administration pledged to “intensify” talks with Colombia on the free trade agreement initially negotiated by the US in 2006. Now Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana), who is leading a trade...
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...
South America starts shipping grapes to the winter-bound north The season has just begun, but forecasters are projecting a bumper crop of fruit exports from South America, led by grapes. Grapes are the second-ranked (by value) fruit import in the U.S. (Bananas top the...
Miami Herald finds Datamyne delivers on toughest questions “It is really hard to find good sources of information on companies by product,” Charlotte Gallogly, president of World Trade Center Miami, tells The Miami Herald. What companies want, for example, “are the...
U.S. growers want to open more markets to soybeans It’s the time of year when U.S. soybean growers are asked to send in samples to provide a preview of new-crop soybean quality for international purchasers. Growers underwrite the cost of the annual quality survey with...
ITA annual on FTAs, top trading partner nations available for download The International Trade Administration’s Top U.S. Export Markets, published annually since 2007, consists of two-page fact sheets on 14 current or pending free trade agreements and on 50 countries...
