Reports of Large Fuel Price Decreases are a Welcome Breath of Good News

Data indicates estimated decreases in the fuel price in the coming week as follows: R2.35 per liter for ULP95, R2.18… Read More

Debunking The Top Ten Myths About International Distribution Agreements

Doris Nagel 2:55 AM  8/5/2016

Most companies today know that foreign bribery is bad, and may even know it’s illegal. They may have heard of… Read More

Plain Packaging Legislation: A Slippery Slope?

Jan Fischer 12:01 AM  8/5/2016

[Editor’s note: In May of this year plain packaging laws came into force in the UK, Ireland, and France. Tobacco… Read More

Brexit Makes TTIP More Important

Ji Xianbai 2:58 AM  8/4/2016

In the shadow of the British referendum, the European Union and the United States finished their fourteenth round negotiations on… Read More

U.S. Trade Deficit Widens in Second Quarter

Haylle Sok 2:55 AM  8/3/2016

The U.S. trade deficit widened in June and that, combined with moderate inventory accumulation numbers, has sparked pessimism about economic… Read More

Presidential Candidates Critique U.S. Trade Policy at Conventions

Haylle Sok 8:06 AM  8/2/2016

Based on the rhetoric from both presidential candidates at the recent Democratic and Republican National Conventions, it seems that no… Read More

Vessel Scrapping Reaching Record Levels This Year

Haylle Sok 4:16 AM  8/2/2016

Drewry’s Container Forecaster found that, for the first time, 450,000 TEU of containership capacity is expected to be scrapped in… Read More

Expanded Information Technology Agreement is Here

Nigel Cory 4:10 AM  8/1/2016

On July 1, the global production, trade, and usage of information and communications technology (ICT) products received a long-awaited boost… Read More

Small Business Owners Grappling with Wave of Regulatory Changes in 2016

Haylle Sok 4:12 AM  7/30/2016

The fast-approaching presidential election is not the only government issue on the minds of small business owners in the U.S…. Read More

Brexit: Bad News for UK Trade and Economy

Ben Barlow 9:30 AM  7/29/2016

While many are still grappling to understand the complexities of Brexit, its clearest message lies in the trail of political… Read More

New Pact Announced Between Freight Forwarders and Air Cargo

Haylle Sok 8:48 AM  7/29/2016

For businesses in the air cargo industry, any good news these days is welcome. Recently, the International Air Transport Association… Read More

Expanding U.S. Digital Trade and Eliminating Digital Trade Barriers

Nigel Cory 6:04 AM  7/29/2016

Digital trade issues continue to grow in importance to the U.S. economy as people and businesses find new and innovative… Read More