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18/06/2015
Compliance programs avoid corruption by helping companies on the right side of the law. But this needs to be balanced with an understanding that no policy can ever contemplate every possible risk. They need to proscribe behavior that is not permitted, while recognizing that few decisions fall on one side or the other of a bright line.
16/06/2015
If you’re a small business with global interests, you may want to break into emerging markets. While it’s true that there may be more risk involved than in established markets, it is also true that there may be greater opportunity awaiting.
15/06/2015
A dispute over meat imports and exports between the U.S. and trading partners Canada and Mexico is starting to heat up, following a decision in late May by the World Trade Organization. The COOL meat trade wars with U.S. are heating up.
12/06/2015
The United States and China announced a breakthrough agreement late last year to combat climate change by reducing CO2 emissions by the year 2030. How will agreements affect global trading SMEs?
11/06/2015
Sanctions compliance is more important than ever. As a result, companies need to spend more time to review, assess and enhance their sanctions compliance strategies.
08/06/2015
When China proposed its new international financial institution, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), in April, a number of Western nations – including the United Kingdom and Norway, among others – were eager to join it.
The U.S.’s hesitation to join China’s AIIB has left many shaking their heads.
05/06/2015
Occasionally, huge companies fail in new markets. Just because a company may have an internationally recognized and respected brand does not mean that it is invulnerable to failure when it tries to enter a new space.
Here are some of the most famous market entry failures of the past few decades, and the lessons to be learned from them.
04/06/2015
Make no mistake about it – sanctions enforcement is here to stay. We are at an important crossroads – the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control is flexing its compliance enforcement muscle, along with the criminal prosecution capabilities of the Department of Justice.
In the years to come, we will look back on these days as the beginning of a new era of sanctions enforcement.
02/06/2015
It’s important to separate facts from myth; for global business in general, and international markets expansion in particular. Here are the top three myths about going global that people seem to believe.
28/05/2015
The “Rules of Origin” under NAFTA are the criteria used to determine the country of origin of a product that is being imported or exported within the NAFTA region.
As part of NAFTA, the United States, Canada and Mexico (the “Parties”) have all agreed to reduce and/or eliminate tariffs on goods that originate from their respective territories. However, the Parties continue to apply significantly higher tariffs to goods that do not originate in one of the NAFTA countries.
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