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Window of Opportunity

Colombia FTA gives competitive advantage to US exporters (but not for long) by Bill Armbruster, blog anchor The US free trade agreement with Colombia significantly expands opportunities for US exporters in South America’s third largest economy. The deal, which took...

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Top Searches 2012: Turkey

The most often-sought country topped rankings 9 out of 12 months last year Each month, Datamyne shares the top 10 most-frequently used “country,” “product,” and “company” names in searches of its US import database in the preceding month. Right now, you can find...

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Panamanian Prospects

Last of a long-pending trio of US FTAs quietly entered into force October 31 by Bill Armbruster, blog anchor Compared to the Free Trade Agreements with Korea and Colombia that took effect earlier this year, the US-Panama FTA generated little controversy – in part...

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On the Ground in Panama

Top US commercial officer scopes out FTA/FTZ opportunities for US companies Datamyne blog anchor Bill Armbruster conducted an extensive e-mail interview with Daniel T. Crocker, senior commercial officer with the US Embassy in Panama, earlier this month. Besides the...

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Asian Oenophile

Singapore-bound Wine Advocate embraces an Asian market that has come of age The Wall Street Journal reports that wine critic Robert M. Parker Jr. will be ending the print version of his newsletter, the Wine Advocate and stepping down as editor-in-chief. Stepping up to...

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