Posts tagged International Trade Agreement
Looking Toward The 2nd Biggest Trading Hub in Africa: Importing into Ethiopia
Navigating USMCA Certification in Mexico: Ensuring Compliance and Smooth Cross-Border Trade
Mexico's Import Licensing Process: A Comprehensive Guide for U.S. Exporters
Temporary Tariff on Restricted Goods in Mexico
Avoid Disaster: Navigating Common Challenges for Importers into Canada
Demystifying the Paper Trail: A Guide to Mexican Import Documentation
Electronic Data Interchange: The Digital Pulse of Trade Facilitation
A Comprehensive Guide: Importing Goods from South Africa to the United States
Going Global? 5 Things To Keep In Mind As You Expand Operations Overseas 

Expanding into new territory is an exciting venture, but not without its risks. Before consideration of globalization, you should have a trustworthy International Attorney on retainer to ensure smooth transition. In partnership with your attorney, there are three critical points of action that will help you to avoid any catastrophes in the process…

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Looking For The Perfect Market For Your Business? Read This First.

We have discussed the social and cultural Factors before, but make sure you know what the literacy rate is and the average educational level in the country? If you are selling to or your product is designed for the middle class, make sure there actually is a middle class that would support your product?

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Trade Agreements: Why Are They Important?

When imports enter a country they normally have a tariff or a tax. So for example: when you are purchasing an item from France it’s more expensive because of a duty that the importer had to pay for it to come in. When a Trade Agreement is negotiated there is an elimination of that tax then the import comes in freely and the item may be less expensive than one you could purchase in the United States. If too many of those items are coming in then there may be concerns that there needs to be protection of that industry.

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NAFTA: Could It Be Lost?

In order to decrease fears of US litigation, or any long drawn out litigation, for that matter, NAFTA has "dispute resolution panels." These panels look at whether or not the NAFTA countries participant is being treated fairly. Under President Trump, the US has claimed that "US court's sovereignty is eroded." He would do away with the panel altogether. Canada and Mexico want to keep them of course.

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Cuba: Women In Business

Part of the reason why travel to Cuba is so expensive now that the travel and trade bans have been modified is that the embargo that was placed in the year 1961, is still very much codified in U.S. legislation. As a result, there are a number of regulatory restrictions in place that are projected to take several more years to dismantle. While these regulations are in place, all business people interested in doing business in Cuba have to carefully side-step the minefield of restrictions – which can be a slight deterrent to commerce.

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Made In China?

The main contributor to the Chinese GDP is manufacturing. “Made in China” used to mean “low-cost labor stuff.” China has now transformed itself and although fewer products may be made in China, they are still within the region and Chinese products will be slightly more expensive.

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International Branding: Why It's So Important

In the real business world, intellectual property is everywhere.  People and businesses know what their brand is, but not always how to protect it in Cyberspace or internationally.  A brand, which normally will be in the form of a logo, can be words or pictures in a certain font, color or color scheme. The brand associates the business with a feeling style or sound.

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