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With Apologies to Meryl Streep

When the actress plays a role, it’s artistry. When tilapia is passed off as snapper, it’s fraud. We called it “cluck-cluck cutlet of the sea” – without much flavor of its own, tilapia takes on the flavors of the other ingredients in a range of recipes. Now the New...

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Datamyne Launches iPhone App

iDatamyne delivers the latest data on US import shipments for free MIAMI – June 2, 2011 –Datamyne has launched an application for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch that enables users to access and search the latest available data on US import trade. The iDatamyne app is...

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Export Enforcement in Focus

New names, new priorities at the Bureau of Industry and Security by Peter Quinter, guest columnist Earlier this spring, David Mills, the new Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), US Department of Commerce, and his Special...

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Not a Party

Countries left out of FTAs lose out on trade Proponents of the free trade agreements awaiting Congressional approval often argue their case by pointing to the boost FTAs will give to US exports. So, for instance, the US Department of Agriculture projects the US-Panama...

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Basking in the Glow

When employees burnish credentials, employers can benefit by Bill Armbruster, blog anchor In my last column, I examined relatively low-cost ways to burnish trade credentials from the perspective of employees, focusing primarily on continuing education in the form of...

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Handy Tool

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...

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