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...
Regulatory Mélange
Grocery Manufacturers Association recommends a blend of US-EU food standards The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) just endorsed a new bill in Congress aimed at Agricultural Trade Facilitation – that is, lowering barriers to US agricultural exports. Pamela G....
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...
ITA for the Chopping Block?
Billing beneficiaries for trade promotion could save $1.6 billion through 2014 Charge the beneficiaries for the cost of the International Trade Administration’s trade promotion activities -- that’s Number 36 in the list of ideas for government cost-cutting from the...
U.S. Exports Up 16.9% January-April 2010
Pace of growth would double exports in five years The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. (Ex-Im Bank) is trumpeting government statistics that indicate U.S. exports of goods and services increased by 16.9% in the first four months of 2010. At this pace, the U.S. is on...
The Americas Competitiveness Forum IV
Trade policy-setting and business networking are on the agenda in Atlanta The registration website for the fourth annual gathering of representatives of the Western Hemisphere’s market-based economies is up and running. The Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) meets...
Engine for growth
Betting that more exports = more jobs The Obama administration’s National Export Initiative (NEI) aims to double U.S. exports over the next five years by expanding government promotion efforts. The ultimate goal is job creation. As the Economic Report of the President...