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World Trade Organization Issues Formal Invitation to Russia
- / N2N / – On December 16, 2011, trade Ministers approved the terms of Russia’s accession and issued a formal invitation for Russia to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) as its 155th Member, culminating Russia’s 18-year effort to join the multilateral trading system. Russia’s WTO membership will directly benefit U.S. economic interests by [...]
C-TPAT Surpasses 10,000 Members
Washington – / N2N / - U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today that the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism has surpassed 10,000 members. C-TPAT is the first and the largest anti-terrorism partnership program throughout the world and it continues to set the global standard for supply chain security. C-TPAT also published the results of its [...]
International Trade Specialist Accreditation Offered Via E-Learning
DUBLIN, IRELAND, – / N2N / – eBSI Export Academy has been working on the development of an e-learning extension to their highly popular International Trade Specialist Accreditation Program for over 2 years now and are now formally launching this e-learning program from September 2010! This is a continuation of eBSI’s flagship course is a [...]
Ex-Im Backs $500 Million to Support U.S. Exports to Vietnam
HANOI, VIETNAM – / N2N / - The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) and the government of Vietnam have agreed to a USD$500 million financing facility to boost sales of U.S. equipment and services to Vietnam for high-priority infrastructure projects, backed by Ex-Im Bank financing. Ex-Im Bank Chairman and President Fred P. [...]
Middle East Markets are Key To U.S. Export Growth
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – / N2N / – Suresh Kumar, Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service today emphasized the importance of U.S. commercial cooperation with the region in expanding mutual economic growth and job creation at the close of a weeklong trip to Egypt and [...]
Expanding Global Middle Class Means Export Opportunities
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – Increased global trade and the growing interdependence among nations of the world has resulted in an expanding middle class and an historic opportunity for U.S. exporters, was the message delivered by Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sánchez at today’s Washington International Trade Association breakfast. “Our nation’s [...]
Nicaraguan Textile Exports Up 11.75% Year Over Year
WASHINGTON, DC, – / N2N / – Nicaragua’s textile and apparel exports have increased during the first three months of 2010 when compared to the same period in 2009. The last report of the Nicaraguan Association of Textile and Aparrel (Anitec, for its acronym in Spanish), indicates that the value of exports increased 11.75 percent [...]
U.S. Companies Learn How to Seize Exporting Opportunities
- / N2N / – Survey Finds Those Engaged in Global Trade Are More Positive About the State of Their Business Although concerned about the economy, small- and medium-sized business exporters are confident about their companies’ futures, especially when it comes to international sales, according to this year’s Business Monitor United States survey commissioned by [...]
February U.S. Trade Deficit Increases by 7.4 Percent
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke issued the following statement on the release of the February 2010 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Today’s report showed that U.S. exports in February 2010 increased by [...]
Top 8 Things to Consider When Picking A Freight Company
by Stephen Willis – Managing Director of RW Freight Services – / N2N / – As the Internet opens up global markets, more and more people are considering starting an import or export business and are looking into selecting a freight company for the first time. This can be baffling as the world of international [...]
Nation2Nation Launches “New Look” for News Web Site
- / N2N / – On April 1, 2010 Nation2Nation changed the look of it’s on-line industry news web site. There were several reasons for this. First, Nation2Nation has outgrown it’s original format. I never imagined that the popularity of this site would grow as it has. We launched our site in late September and [...]
College Offers International Trade Logistics Specialist Certification
Phoenix, AZ – / N2N / – March 3, 2010 – The Certified International Trade Logistics Specialist (R) (CITLS) program underwent a thorough internal review by university experts to determine how well it meets the needs of the international trade industry. Sponsored by Dunlap-Stone University’s (DSU) International Import-Export Institute (IIEI), the certification is now in [...]
U.S. Trade Deficit Widens in December
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke issued the following statement on the release of the December 2009 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Today’s report showed that U.S. exports in December 2009 increased by [...]
