USTR releases list of imports that may lose duty-free status Last week, the US Trade Representative (USTR) released 2011 data through September that indicates trade in certain imported articles from several countries may exceed Competitive Need Limitations (CNL)...
Evidence Points to Injury
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...
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...
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...
“From Tierra del Fuego to Tijuana”
FTAs open markets to US exporters From the Washington Post: The long delayed free trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama “give US an economic boost.” Since US markets were already open to Colombia, the big change under the new FTA is that Colombian markets...