If trade tensions continue, companies may increasingly find themselves subject to competing compliance obligations, demanding a careful review of applicable compliance policies, procedures and practices.
February 1, 2022
Go Global
December 22, 2021
Economic Coercion
Funny how it doesn’t take long to coin a phrase. I’ve been warning about Economic Coercion for years.
December 6, 2021
Tariff Engineering
Effective Duty Mitigation Strategies In its simplest terms, tariff engineering means an importer is allowed to make a product in a way that the lowest possible duty rate applies at time of importation.
October 25, 2021
Hackers for Hire – Ye be warned
I’ve written several blogs on the topic of Deemed Exports, Presence as it relates to Deemed Exports and Reasonable Care, all of which explain how U.S. companies and individuals can run afoul of export regulations without physically exporting a product.
September 23, 2021
Another thing to monitor: China’s new sweeping data privacy law
reach when enforcing its laws.
August 26, 2021
The impact of the Political Environment on International Trade
Trade compliance and logistics have always been tightly interwoven, and the most successful companies understand how to manage both to avoid risk and take advantage of opportunities.
July 20, 2021
European Union Value Added Tax (VAT) Reforms – Effective July 1, 2021
When US companies deal with value added tax in Europe, they often fall into the same avoidable trap – the assumption that VAT is like US sales tax or Goods and Service Tax – GST (it is not) and a belief that VAT does not apply to non-European businesses (it does).
June 21, 2021
Separating COO from a Made in USA claim
What is a “Made in the USA” claim?
May 27, 2021
Political Risk Management & Trade Development
Two topics – political risk management and trade development — are woefully intertwined, yet many managers continue to view these as separate issues.
April 19, 2021
New Wisconsin Go Global Initiative consultant brings decades of experience
Chris Wojtowicz brings over two decades of international business experience across multiple sectors to the Wisconsin Small Business Development (SBDC) Network.