The government published its 104-page Brexit white paper on Thursday This article from Womble Bond Dickinson takes a look at the options it sets out concerning future trade terms The government’s white paper proposes the creation of a “free trade area for goods”, coupled with a “facilitated customs arrangement” to …
Kevin Kelway, International Public Relations Specialist at International Trade Matters, introduces some of the services he can offer: IN the real world of new acronyms of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), the traditional method of print media in storytelling and content – is still a force to reckon with in the …
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May is planning to hold more trade talks with Donald Trump this week at the G7 meeting These talks come on the back of the US government imposing increased Tariffs on Steel ( 25%) and Aluminium (10%). The U.K. Prime Minister has stated her expressed disappointment …
International Market Platforms and Intellectual Property specialist, Shelly Pritchard takes a look at the steps businesses can take to protect IP when outsourcing manufacturing to China… Intellectual property is an established concern for those businesses operating or considering operating in China. Fear regarding the enforcement of IP is a factor …
Is your company predominantly trading domestically? Don’t fit into the category of “born-global”? Not to worry – global trading is about attitude, not connections, or skills, or knowledge or, perhaps, even strategy. That doesn’t mean you don’t need a good many of these to successfully trade globally. But attitude may …
Ballast Water Management – Why is it important? Officer of the Watch examines legislative efforts to avoid disastrous environmental risks posed by ballast water from international shipping The problem: Ships use ballast to control their stability. The ballast can be solid, and historically rocks or iron ingots might have been …
Davis and Fox; Brexit Hawks If anyone in the U.K. didn’t believe that Brexit was going to happen, they should have had their eyes very firmly opened on 20th July. The first joint Press Conference given by the major Protagonists, Michel Barnier and David Davis since negotiations began in earnest …
What else matters? Inflation, if you want to know how serious it is; ask a Zimbabwean! The U.S. released inflation data for June on Friday and whether it is the brilliant job being done by the FOMC in raising interest rates, “global factors” a weak housing market or some other …
Damned if they do, Damned if they don’t… There are three weeks until the next MPC meeting in the U.K. but traders will already have the date circled in red on their calendars. A one-month break in meetings should have given MPC members more time to come to a considered …
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years, you will probably know by now that the Middle-East’s very first FIFA World Cup tournament will be hosted by the Gulf state of Qatar in 2022; just five short years from today. Now I’m going out on a …
