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  • Kudos to the European Commission on Revising the Metric Labeling Directive

    We've just gotten word from our friends in Europe that the EU metric labeling directive has finally been modified FROM requiring all products (and product packaging, training materials, other collateral materials, etc.) entering the EC after December 31, 2009 to use only metric measures and nomenclature...
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  • Access

    Not to downplay the challenges -- and opportunities -- we are facing here in the U.S., or that many are facing in less developing countries around the world, here are a few thought-provoking points from a recent survey of India published in The Economist magazine. I have not independently verified but...

  • CBP Seems to Have Seen the Light

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), an arm of the Department of Homeland Security, today indicated that it has not forgotten that there are two elements to "secure trade" - security and trade. Based on constructive comments from traders, importers and manufacturers, CBP announced significant...
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  • On Second Thought, We Do

    For a while now, Costa Rica has been more than a little hesitant to ratify its free trade agreement with the United States. Never mind that "DR-CAFTA" (the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement) has already been negotiated, passed by the U.S. Congress, and implemented with...
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  • Trade Risk?

    The word on the street here in DC is that U.S. Customs and Border Protection is making some changes to its proposed rule to require advance security filings for all imports that pass through maritime ports. Known as " 10+2 " -- for the ten data elements that importers will be required to file...
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  • A Two-Way Street

    Discussions over free trade usually focus on imports - and these discussions often devolve into arguments over the impact of higher imports on U.S. manufacturers. Unfortunately, this obsession often causes us to miss out on the positives, such as those outlined in an article (subscription required) in...
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  • Atoms and Emissions on the Peninsula

    While earlier this month tanks were effectively demolishing Russia's recent "123 Agreement" on civilian nuclear trade with the United States, the U.S.' newest free-trade agreement partner, South Korea, announced a new long-term energy plan that calls for a substantial shift to nuclear...
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  • A Toe-Tapper at the White House

    I was fortunate to attend an event yesterday where President Bush once again called on Congress to approve free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea. NEMA fully backs the Agreements, which, if approved and implemented, stand to improve U.S. electroindustry exporters' market access...
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  • Competing to Survive

    I have never been confused with an economist, but one of my jobs here at NEMA is to assist companies who are interested in selling their equipment abroad. So something I read yesterday struck me. In an AP story about U.S. consumer confidence hitting new lows, an economist for one of the major banks ...
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  • Leaning and REACHing Too Far

    This morning's Washington Post features a front-pager (so far left on the front page that it almost falls off) that fails to explain the real thrust of the European Union's new regulations on chemical safety and implies that U.S. authorities and industry fail to protect us from toxic materials...
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