by Sarita Jackson | Oct 12, 2019 | Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Trade Policy
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...
by Sarita Jackson | Sep 13, 2019 | California, China, U.S. Trade Policy
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...
by Sarita Jackson | Jul 19, 2019 | Trade Agreements, Updates, USMCA
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...
by Sarita Jackson | Apr 29, 2019 | NAFTA, Trade Agreements, U.S. Trade Policy, USMCA
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...
by Sarita Jackson | Nov 16, 2018 | NAFTA, Trade Agreements, Updates, USMCA
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...
