Key to success in exporting to CA: market research, careful planning and preparation. Datamyne blog anchor Bill Armbruster’s e-mail interview with the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA ) continues in this second installment covering Central...
CAFTA Q&A: Answers from ITA Part 1
Success story: US exports to CAFTA-DR partners have increased 79% through 2012. Datamyne blog anchor Bill Armbruster recently conducted an e-mail interview with the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA). This first installment focuses on US...
CAFTA Cements US Trade Relationship
Unlike the Caribbean Basin Initiative, FTA doesn’t require renewal, gives preferential access to US goods - by Bill Armbruster, blog anchor. “You hafta have CAFTA,” was a mantra in trade circles during the mid-2000s as the Bush administration negotiated the Central...
Scaling up for a Bigger Panamax
Prospects for new services are driving investment at East, Gulf Coast ports by Bill Armbruster, blog anchor East and Gulf Coast ports are investing billions of dollars in dredging and shoreside infrastructure so they will be able to handle the larger vessels...
China’s LATAM Connection
China hitches its growth to emerging market economies The recent HVAC Online story (in which Datamyne stats are cited) on the heat-driven spurt in Colombian imports of Chinese mini split ACs reminds us again just how much and how quickly China has invested itself in...
AmericasBarometer 2010
Taking the measure of democratic values and the impact of the downturn The Americas Society/Council on the Americas (AS/COA) is hosting a discussion about the findings of the 2010 AmericasBarometer Survey, in New York City tomorrow morning from 8:30 am to 10:00 am...
An End to the 16-Year Banana War?
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...