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A Strong US Dollar, Weak US Export Competitiveness

by Sarita Jackson | May 12, 2022 | Competitiveness | 1 Comment

Food and gas prices, as well as interest rates, are not the only increases impacting the US economy. The US dollar index, which is the measured value of the US dollar against select foreign currencies, has shown growth rates that...

Multilateralism, COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution, and Cross-border Trade: The Cases of Brazil and Mexico

by Sarita Jackson | June 1, 2021 | Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico | 0 Comments

by Maria Matilde Arroyo Carmona Mexico and Brazil have been beneficiaries of multilateral international efforts, such as COVAX, which has promoted equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines. However the inoculation process in each country needs to be improved in order to...

End of a Trade Program Tomorrow Will Bring Changes for U.S. Importers in the New Year by Pamela Flores

by Sarita Jackson | December 30, 2020 | Generalized System of Preferences, U.S. Trade Policy, Updates | 0 Comments

Overview of the GSP The U.S. General System of Preferences is a program that provides duty-free tariff treatment on over 3,500 products that are imported from beneficiary countries that are underdeveloped. The GSP helps progress...

USMCA and Digital Trade

by Sarita Jackson | May 15, 2020 | NAFTA, Trade Agreements, Updates, USMCA | 0 Comments

Over the last few months, digital trade, although nothing new, has become even more important in supporting crucial services during the coronavirus health pandemic. For instance, digital technology became helpful in quickly sharing information about the virus and to...

State of the Union and the USMCA: What we can really expect

by Sarita Jackson | February 15, 2020 | NAFTA, Trade Agreements, U.S. Trade Policy, USMCA | 0 Comments

https://youtu.be/zNECVmfJtxc?t=1196 Last week’s State of the Union address highlighted the success of replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The speech presented several key benefits for the automotive...

Prosper Africa: Five things that you need to know

by Sarita Jackson | October 12, 2019 | Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Trade Policy | 0 Comments

The United States has yet to sign a reciprocal trade agreement with an African country, with the exception of Morocco. Instead, US trade with the African continent, specifically 39 Sub-Saharan African countries, is promoted through the 2000 African Growth...

Are Your Imported Goods on the U.S. Tariff List?

by Sarita Jackson | September 13, 2019 | California, China, U.S. Trade Policy | 0 Comments

The U.S. manufacturing sector has contracted this year, even though the overall economy has shown growth over the last 10 months. This contraction has been attributed to the U.S.-China trade war, sparked by U.S. tariffs placed on select imports from China. As a...

What You Need to Know About Labor Requirements and FTAs

by Sarita Jackson | July 19, 2019 | Trade Agreements, Updates, USMCA | 0 Comments

Listen to this same blog post on our podcast at https://soundcloud.com/griit/what-you-need-to-know-about-labor-requirements-and-ftas Trade deals may now begin to include a labor value content (LVC) rule. Well, at least one trade deal includes the LVC rule. That is the...

U.S. Congress and the USMCA

by Sarita Jackson | April 29, 2019 | NAFTA, Trade Agreements, U.S. Trade Policy, USMCA | 0 Comments

The year 2019 will be a determining year for trade relations between the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Currently, the fate of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which is designed to modernize the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), rests in the...

Are We There Yet? Not Quite! The Next Step for the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement

by Sarita Jackson | November 16, 2018 | NAFTA, Trade Agreements, Updates, USMCA | 0 Comments

We still have a way to go regarding the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), as I have shared with business owners and executives throughout Southern California. As a result, North American trade is still operating under the original North American Free Trade Agreement...

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