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This strain is forcing high energy costs on European companies which in turn will inevitably affect imports from Europe and the companies buying them as prices soar to accommodate energy costs. What could this mean for business owners enmeshed in globalization? Well, if you’re importing from Europe or doing business with anyone in the EU, expect higher trade prices as European companies are attempting to offset the cost of rising energy, especially if Russia puts embargos on their oil.
Read MoreIf you are like many people who know how important it is to do business in Africa right now, you have the idea and do not know where to start. Maybe you want to export, farm there, or sell something there. In this article we recognize that Africa is a huge Continent, so we'll take a closer look at individual countries. We start with how to establish a business in Ghana. The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre Act (GIPC) outlines the fundamental requirements of Non-Ghanaians starting a business in Ghana.
Doing business in Ghana is actually not as hard as it may seem at first. The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre Act (GIPC) outlines the fundamentals for Non-Ghanaians starting a business.
If your contracts and policy manuals have not been updated, move it to the top right along with your fiscal year planning. If you are one of those companies where planning was done last year or years before for this new decade, congratulations, we are trying to keep up with you, but if you have not yet put those goals and ideas down on paper and discussed them with your department heads (which could be you and all your many hats) then let's get the ball moving.
Read MoreThe U.S. Ambassador to India - Harsh Shringla - released just yesterday (January 8, 2020) that the United States and India are in talks about an exclusive trade agreement. The agreement would grant business owners of both nations preferential market access. Shringla, the now-former ambassador is set to take on his role as India's next foreign secretary later on this month.
His comments state that there has been success in bridging the gap during the latest trade talks for new trade packages. The current conversations are setting a stage for a much bigger bilateral trade agreement.
Read MoreWhen imports enter a country they normally have a tariff or a tax. So for example: when you are purchasing an item from France it’s more expensive because of a duty that the importer had to pay for it to come in. When a Trade Agreement is negotiated there is an elimination of that tax then the import comes in freely and the item may be less expensive than one you could purchase in the United States. If too many of those items are coming in then there may be concerns that there needs to be protection of that industry.
Read MoreIn order to decrease fears of US litigation, or any long drawn out litigation, for that matter, NAFTA has "dispute resolution panels." These panels look at whether or not the NAFTA countries participant is being treated fairly. Under President Trump, the US has claimed that "US court's sovereignty is eroded." He would do away with the panel altogether. Canada and Mexico want to keep them of course.
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