Archive for July, 2008

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) will analyze the effect that conditions in key infrastructure sectors (land transport, maritime transport, and electricity) have on the competitiveness of select sub-Saharan African exports in a new study, the

GENEVA: After seven years of on-again, off-again negotiations, world trade talks collapsed in rancor on Tuesday, ending hopes of a deal to free up global markets, cut farm subsidies and shore up the international trading system.

OH Logistics recently hired Brent Blake as Senior Vice President of Strategic Finance, Planning and Development for its Barthco International division.

Washington — U.S. Customs and Border Protection is delaying the deployment of the Automated Commercial Environment Rail and Sea Manifest capabilities by at least six months due to problems discovered during software testing.

U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab announced today that the United States plans to implement two textile provisions in the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) with respect to materials made in Mexico . T

Washington – U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of International Trade announced today that the domestic value of counterfeit and pirated products seized by CBP and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement increased by 2.7 percent in mid-fisc

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab today signed the very first Trade, Investment and Development Cooperation Agreement (TIDCA) with the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) in an official ceremony with SACU Trade Ministers from

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Development Agenda (DDA) has been at the center of the Administration’s trade policy since this multilateral negotiating round was launched in Doha, Qatar in 2001. The DDA is the ninth successive round of multilat

Trade and globalization have brought greater prosperity to hundreds of millions as well as greater stability among nations, according to a report published today by the World Trade Organization.

“Our clients’ supply chains are constantly evolving, and we’re committed to finding flexible and efficient transportation options,” said Denis Reilly.