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There’s a new service to help your business succeed internationally – Export Today tips. In biweekly emails from the U.S. Commercial Service, you can get customized exporting tips relevant to your company’s experience level. Whether it’s shipping issues, trade finance assistance, researching the market, or something else, Export Today will connect you with the best content on export.gov. Check out a screenshot…
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Websites Fraudulently Representing Saudi Government Entities (All KSA Government Agencies websites should end in .SA) 2017 Country Commercial Guide entries Included in Chapter 1 of the 2017 Country Commercial Guide under Market Challenges: Businesses should be particularly cautious about unknown Saudi “companies” promising high volume business deals. A number of perpetrators of sophisticated internet scams…
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Please see official Department of Commerce (DOC) documents regarding the steel/aluminum tariffs. The first link has all the fact sheets. The rest of the links provide supporting documentation. If you have any additional questions concerning this matter, please call the DOC Office of Public Affairs – (202) 482-4883. https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2018/03/us-department-commerce-announces-steel-and-aluminum-tariff-exclusion https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2018/02/us-department-commerce-finds-dumping-and-subsidization-imports-aluminum https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2018/03/secretary-ross-statement-president-trumps-decision-impose-tariffs DOC Report THE EFFECT OF…
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Proposed CFIUS Law Will Impose New Export Controls On Businesses The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 (S. 2098/H.R. 4311, FIRRMA for short) was introduced in Congress to reform the national security review of foreign acquisitions of US businesses by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee).…
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This FTA Tariff Tool allows users to find tariff information on all products covered under the U.S. Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). The tool shows the tariff applied on the date the FTAs enters into force and the rates each subsequent year as the tariffs are eliminated under the agreement. The FTA Tariff Tool incorporates all products…
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Get the latest annual and quarterly trade data with TradeStats Express.™ Retrieve, visualize, analyze, print and download your customized output. Interactive tool generates tables and graphics detailing annual and quarterly year-to-date U.S. goods trade data from 2002 to the most recently available quarter based upon user-specified options. Data are available for individual countries, trade &…
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Have questions on exporting to China? Whether it’s what payment terms to offer, warning signs of Chinese scams, or how to get a business visa, find your answers here. US Commercial Service offices across China are available to help and to prevent common mistakes that US businesses make when exporting to China. For the latest…
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Effective January 10, 2018, U.S. exporters to Israel are no longer required to provide Israeli authorities a hard copy Certificate of Origin. Commonly referred to as the “Green Form” or “Form A” the CO required to qualify for preferential access to the Israeli market under the United States-Israel Free Trade Agreement (FTA). U.S. exporters are…
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Finding the Right Bank to Help Your Company Go Global October 25, 2017 This post contains external links. Please review our external linking policy. Robert Kurek is the Senior Vice President for International Financial Institutions at KeyBank A few weeks ago, our team here at KeyBank had the pleasure of joining more than 350 people at the Discover…
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european american chamber of commerce European American Chamber of Commerce New York Yvonne Bendinger-Rothschild Executive Director direct dial: +1 212 808 2707 ybr@eaccny.com High Fences Do Not Make Good Neighbors It is the Economy, My Friend February 14, 2017, Paris, New York, Cincinnati When Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, Western Europe accounted for…
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