All Entries Tagged With: "INTERNATIONAL TRADE"
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 [...]
DOC Supports Increased Exports for Minority Businesses
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – Officials from the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) addressed minority businesses last week at the National Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week Conference in Washington, D.C., and explained how exporting can help them improve their competitiveness in the global marketplace. “Through President Obama’s National Export Initiative (NEI), U.S. [...]
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 [...]
Women in International Trade Name Outstanding Woman of the Year in Trade
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade Michelle O’Neill today received the “Outstanding Woman of the Year in International Trade” award by the Association of Women in International Trade (WIIT). O’Neill will be honored at WIIT’s Annual Dinner tonight where she will join the ranks of past honorees, including former [...]
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 [...]
Free Book Detailing Top U.S. Export Markets Now Available
- / N2N / – Basic information about the top trading partners of the United States is now available in an updated edition of the International Trade Administration’s Top U.S. Export Markets. The reference sourcebook, which has been published annually since 2007, consists of two-page fact sheets on 14 current or pending free trade agreements [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
2009 Worst Year Ever For Freight Industry
by Thomas Cullen – / N2N / – For more than a year, IATA (International Air Transport Association) has been a source of bad news as the air freight market languished in a savage recession. The latest missive from that body is slightly more upbeat, with CEO Giovanni Bisignani asserting that the “worst is behind [...]
IATA Projects $5.6 Billion Loss for 2010
Geneva, Switzerland – / N2N / – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) revised its financial outlook for 2010 to an expected US$5.6 billion global net loss, larger than the previously forecast loss of US$3.8 billion. For 2009, IATA maintained its forecast of a US$11 billion net loss. “The world’s airlines will lose US$11.0 billion [...]
October 2009 U.S. Export Statistics
- / N2N / – With the release of the October 2009 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Department of Commerce’s U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. exports of goods and services increased by 2.6 percent in October 2009 to $136.8 billion since September 2009, while imports [...]
Freight Transportation Services Index Falls 1.2%
- / N2N / – The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) fell 1.2 percent in October from its September level, declining for the second consecutive month, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. BTS, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that the Freight TSI declined in [...]
Exporters Must Lock-In AANZFTA Returns Now
- / N2N / – Exporters must lock in the returns which will flow from the ASEAN Australia New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) as it comes into force on 1 January 2010. The AANZFTA will improve the environment in which trade occurs with lower tariffs, improved Customs procedures, smoother Quarantine processes, more transparent rules [...]
