USITC votes to pursue case on Chinese solar product dumping The US International Trade Commission has voted unanimously that there is reasonable indication that the US solar industry is materially injured by imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and...
Peru Eyes Blueberries
Planting in the mountains for export markets in US, Europe, Asia The Peruvian government’s Sierra Exportadora agency announced that its demonstration blueberry plantation in Pichupampa should be shipping its first crop next year. The economic development program will...
Wanted: Supply Chain Experts
Committee to advise Commerce, DOT on improving flow of goods The job’s unpaid, but it does offer an opportunity to give your two cents’ worth to the US Departments of Commerce and Transportation on what it will take to make US supply chains more competitive globally...
Rising Tide of Honey Laundering
Chinese honey gets around US and EU trade barriers Honey carries a nature-made “country of origin label:” the pollen picked up by bees as they collect the nectar from which the honey is produced. Indeed, melissopalynologists (honey pollen scientists) can get pretty...
Cosmetic Trick
One tiny label can cover US FDA & Canadian & EU requirements by Peter Quinter, guest columnist The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has strict labeling requirements for cosmetic products. One area that consistently causes confusion among companies that...
LATAM at a Glance
Miami Herald scores Latin American economies on key indicators Here’s a handy reference: the figures on population, GDP, unemployment, trade, remittances, inflation, foreign direct investment, and foreign debt for each of Latin America’s national economies, courtesy...
Hi-Tech Brought Low by Rising Water
Flooding in Thailand creates global shortages in auto parts, hard disk drives The worst flooding in Thailand since 1942 has left a huge part of the country under water, putting the Thai people, who have already sustained more than 500 casualties, at risk for water-...
Datamyne Top 5: Chile’s Trade Partners
Here are the top markets for Chile’s exports and its top sources for imports See Bill Armbruster’s column, A Model Trade Partner, on how US exports to Chile have grown since the 2004 free trade agreement.
A Model Trade Partner
US exports to Chile have soared since FTA took effect in 2004 by Bill Armbruster, blog anchor I caught Barbara Kotschwar, a Latin America specialist with the Washington-based Petersen Institute for International Economics, by surprise when I said I wanted to talk...
US Solar Companies Seek Relief
Coalition petitions US government for countervailing duties on Chinese imports SolarWorld Industries America, which lays claim to being the largest US domestic producer of crystalline silicon photovoltaic products, is at the head of a seven-member Coalition for...



