International Trade Information

NEW Information on European REACH initiative
REACH is a major reform of EU chemicals policy, affecting all global supply chains that produce and use chemicals. U.S. exporters to Europe should carefully consider this piece of EU environmental legislation.

 

Listen up: MWD audiocasts help clients and prospects thrive 

March 19, 2008 – Today's successful small and medium manufacturers are moving beyond traditional supply chains to build global value chains driven by creative collaboration with external partners. Four RSM McGladrey experts address key value chain topics via audiocasts on our Web site.

RSM McGladrey's recent study, Forging New Partnerships: How to Thrive in Today's Global Value Chain , developed in association with The Manufacturing Institute and the National Association of Manufacturers, identifies four key components of these value chains: innovation, international markets, workforce and financing. Now, clients and prospects can tune in to four new audiocasts in which RSM McGladrey experts provide insights on these key components.

• Tom Murphy , executive vice president, Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution (MWD)
  Master lean to build an innovation advantage
• Karen Kurek , leader, MWD, Great Lakes, Global Markets: Exporting your way to real growth
• Desiree Kuik , manager, Strategy and Human Capital Consulting, Upper Midwest, Work Force: Win the war for talent
• Steve Schoenauer , managing director, MWD, Central Plains, Finance your global value chain

Each audiocast represents value-added information for clients and prospects that will keep you top of mind during busy season. Forward this link to your favorite contacts and encourage them to visit RSM McGladrey.com for topics that will help them with their operations and business strategies.

Trade Finance Guide

A Quick Reference for U.S. Exporters has been written to help U.S. companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), learn the fundamentals of trade finance to turn their export opportunities into actual sales and to achieve the ultimate goal: to get paid for their export sales. Eleven concise, two-page chapters offer the basics of numerous financing techniques, from open accounts, to forfaiting, to government assisted foreign buyer financing.

Export Yellow Pages

The U.S. Department of Commerce released the 2007-multimedia buyers’ guide, The Export Yellow Pages (EYP), which highlights the goods and services of U.S. companies interested in export business. This publication also includes a U.S. Trade Assistance Directory that offers details to federal export programs.

2007 International Trade Survey -- Online presentation

• International trade is critical for Connecticut businesses
• Concerning information on markets and export rules

Press Release

* Survey Results (pdf 31kb)

Detailed Statistics on International Markets at Your Fingertips

WISER, the World Institute for Strategic Economic Research, is the leading provider of online international trade statistics in the U.S.

Wisertrade, the name given to the statistics database, is an invaluable tool for CBIA members conducting international business or seeking to penetrate international markets.

 

International trade growing in state
More than one in three Connecticut businesses are exporting goods or services to foreign countries, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Connecticut Business and Industry Association.

 

New Standards Portal Focuses on U.S.-China Trade

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the Standardization Administration of China (SAC), announced today the launch of a Standards Portal (www.StandardsPortal.org) that will facilitate the trade of goods and services between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.

Designed primarily for industry stakeholders and policy officials, the Standards Portal contains dual-language (Mandarin and English) educational materials on the structure, history, and operation of the U.S. and Chinese standards systems; a database of 2,000 standards (1,000 from each nation) considered vital to successful trade between the two nations; and access to nearly 300,000 other national, regional and international standards and guidelines.