By: The Associated Press GENEVA – The World Trade Organization cleared the way Tuesday for Japan to seek trade sanctions against the United States, rejecting Washington’s final appeal in a dispute over import duties on Japanese steel products and ball bearings. The 96-page verdict says the U.S. has failed to change how it sets fees [...]
Few successful businesses are now mono-cultural in their make-up. Even if a business or organization is not dealing internationally the chances are that they employ people from foreign countries. At a higher level globalization has meant companies are having to look further a field for new revenue streams, products, services, etc. This requires working and [...]
THE NUMBERS: Pirate attacks on shipping worldwide – 2003 2008 January-June 2009 Worldwide 329 293 240 Indonesia/Malacca Strait 149 30 7 Bangladesh 58 12 5 Somalia/Gulf of Aden 21 111 148 WHAT THEY MEAN: Naval patrols, aerial surveillance and information-sharing have cut pirate attacks in the Strait of Malacca and Indonesia by 90 percent in [...]
10. Approximately 57 million American workers are employed by companies that benefit from exports. One in five factory jobs depends on exports. 9. Exports generated as much two-thirds of U.S. economic growth over the past three years. 8. Exports of services such as insurance, financial investment, shipping/logistics, etc. are one of the fastest growing [...]
Salt Lake City – On August 10 a delegation from the Municipal Government of Ningbo Province of China visited World Trade Center Utah and the Salt Lake Chamber. The delegation included Chairman Gu Zheng Wei and Director Xu Haibo of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and China Chamber of International Commerce [...]
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