The International Trade Data System, ITDS, or as it is commonly referred to “The Single Window” has been given a completion date of December 31, 2016 by an Executive Order signed by US President Obama on February 20, 2014. Continue reading → ...
Global Trade News has taken the information that we have gathered over the last month from governments around the world, and compiled it into a monthly summary, posted here for you. Continue reading → ...
Integration Point Global Trade Content includes the newly updated Foreign Sanctions Evaders List by OFAC published Feb. 6, 2014. Continue reading → ...
Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2014 - The United States on Wednesday named China the leading place for physical markets selling counterfeit goods, while websites in Europe, South America and Canada led in online sales of fakes. US Trade Representative Michael Froman said the Notorious Markets List for 2013 highlights markets that allegedly harm US businesses and jobs by infringing on intellectual property...
s trade surplus surged in January, according to data Wednesday showing exports strengthened markedly in a potentially brighter note for the world's second-biggest economy after recent disappointments -- although some economists suggested the numbers could be distorted. The surplus rose 14.0 percent year-on-year in January to $31.86 billion, the General Administration of Customs said, rebounding from...
Romantics around the world celebrate this week, showing feelings of love, affection and friendship. Though it has many names, and is celebrated in many ways, the day, most commonly known as Valentine’s Day, has one theme – the expression of … Continue reading → ...
Integration Point hosts a webcast with updates on everything you need to know about Global Trade in Brazil Continue reading → ...
Over the next five years, the Canadian government will award $5 million in funding to local economic development agencies, to pique interest in its FTZ program. Continue reading → ...
The CBSA announced on 16 January 2014, that they will be making enhancements to its system. If you’re connected with any of these systems, you’ll need to modernize as well. Continue reading → ...
The WCO theme for 2014 International Customs Day is “Communication.” The theme focuses on the WCO’s efforts to increase and improve communication strategies and worldwide outreach programs. Continue reading → ...
s complaints over the 2010 EU ban, that was outweighed by the goal of addressing moral concerns about seal welfare. Brussels argues that the EU public overwhelmingly favours the ban, and that scientific evidence back claims that slaughter methods, such as using a club with a metal spike on it to stun seals before killing them, are cruel. Norway and Canada have deployed counter-arguments from scientists,...
s office in New York. Shrem, 24, who was also charged with violating the Bank Secrecy Act by failing to file any suspicious activity reports, was arrested Sunday at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, officials said. Authorities did not name the company involved in the scheme, but Shrem is chief executive of BitInstant and is a self-described "Bitcoin evangelist" whose venture is backed...
s China arm refused to do so, saying it was forbidden under China's broad state secrets laws to disclose information about its clients. But on Monday the SEC and Deloitte filed a joint motion with the US District Court in Washington to dismiss the subpoena action. It said it had recently received "a substantial volume of documents called for by its subpoena," including Deloitte China audit work papers...
s largest soft-drinks maker. India is one of Coke's fastest-growing markets thanks to an expanding middle class. Subordinate Revenue Administrative Officer Manoj Rai told AFP Friday he plans to "implement the demolition orders in a couple of days. There is no question of not following the order". But Coca-Cola India spokesman Kalyan Ranjan said the company has "all the documents to prove our land ownership,"...
With changes ranging from Export Administration Regulations (EAR) updates to recent Wassenaar updates, it’s easy to get lost in the details. Integration Point sorts it all out with a free public webcast on January 29. Continue reading → ...
Paris (AFP) Jan 23, 2014 - Global production of steel rose by 3.5 percent in 2013 and China's share of the total grew further to 48.5 percent, trade data showed on Thursday, giving an insight into a basic input for economies and growth. China produced 8.95 times more steel than the United States. The global industry is showing signs of benefiting from a pick-up in demand, which had fallen heavily,...
s geology. After visiting the site Wednesday, Panama's Minister of Labor Alma Cortes told reporters that work was paralyzed. "It's as if they abandoned work after a tsunami," she said. GUPC, which includes Impreglio of Italy, Belgium's Jan de Nul and Constructora Urbana of Panama, has said it would be open to sharing the bill for the overruns. But the ACP and Panama authorities insist on finding a...
s internal market. The remarks came in the run-up to a Feb. 9 plebiscite under Switzerland's direct democracy system sponsored by the right-wing Swiss People's Party seeking to end "mass migration" and reimpose a strict quota system limiting immigrants from EU countries. Reding warned member nations would reject any attempt to alter Switzerland's obligations to allow fundamental freedom of movement...
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s working-age population continued to decline last year, the government said Monday, as Beijing grapples with a demographic time bomb that is one of its biggest challenges. The country introduced its controversial one-child policy in the late 1970s to control population growth, but its people are now ageing -- and increasingly male -- government statistics show. The world's biggest national population...