Protectionist Paranoia
Reagan and the Democrats either don't understand free trade or have started believing their own pap. Read story
Imports and Exports
When Politics and Trade Collide
By Angus Loten | Jun 30, 2008
Free trade, and the impact it has on U.S. workers, has become a hot-button issue on the presidential campaign trail. Neal Asbury, the Small Business Administ... Read story
What About Japan?
By Christopher Caggiano | Sep 1, 1992
FaxPoll results on prevailing sentiments about Japan. Read story
Offshoring Has Little Effect on U.S. Economy
Sept. 28, 2004 -- Despite a recent surge in offshoring and its emergence as a key issue this election season, there remains little eviden... Read story
U.S. to Consider Quotas on Chinese Textile Imports
Nov. 2, 2004 --With the presidential election coming down to the wire and several key states still up for grabs, the Bush administration l... Read story
Nation's Trade Deficit Widens to an All-Time High
By Darren Dahl
Dec. 15, 2004 --The U.S. economy is breaking all kinds of dubious records this year. The Commerce Department delivered the latest bad news... Read story
Trade Gap Widens in 2004
By Jonathan Steiman | Feb 12, 2005
Feb. 12, 2005 -- While America's economy was one of the healthiest in 2004, so was its appetite for imports, sending the trade deficit to... Read story
China Imposes Higher Export Tax on Textiles
By Darren Dahl | May 23, 2005
May 23, 2005 --China, under fire from both the U.S. and the E.U. over surging trade deficits, has decided to fire back. Beijing an... Read story
Trade Deficit Falls in March
By Kasey Wehrum | May 11, 2005
May 12, 2005 --The U.S. trade deficit fell to the lowest level in six months in March, thanks in part to a surge in U.S. exports of capita... Read story
U.S., China Plan Textile Talks
By Neelang Parghi | Aug 15, 2005
August 15, 2005 --Negotiators from the U.S. and China will meet this week in San Francisco to discuss placing limits on textile imports fr... Read story
This Week's Economic Roundup
By Angus Loten
Citing rising costs, more small-business owners are raising prices; trade gap continues to widen. Read story
Trade Gap Narrows
Jan 10, 2007
Jan. 10, 2007 -- Cheaper imported oil and increased exports helped shrink the nation's trade deficit in November by 1 percent to $58.2 bi... Read story
Trading Places: Inc.'s 2008 Export Guide
Who has petrodollars to spend? Where can you sell construction equipment? Jewelry? Management consulting? And where is the market that grew an astounding 55,... Read story
Chinese Imports Flood Apparel Market
By Priya Ganapati | Apr 5, 2005
April 5, 2005 -- Domestic textile businesses are urging the Bush Administration to initiate safeguards immediately to protect local manuf... Read story
This Week's Economic Roundup
By Angus Loten | Dec 15, 2005
Dec. 15, 2005 -- Inflation worries are putting a slight damper on the holiday spirit at small businesses this year, while consumers are sp... Read story
This Week’s Economic Roundup
By Angus Loten | Mar 9, 2006
Rising labor costs cut into worker productivity; factory orders take a tumble. Read story
Paranoia Or Realism?
By James R. McIlroy | May 1, 1983
I have just read "Protectionist Paranoia," by Michael Kinsley (Speaking Out, February), and I take direct issue with both the author's premises and conclu... Read story
This Week's Economic Roundup
By Angus Loten | Jan 11, 2007
Small-business owners expect weak first quarter; colder weather expected to boost retail sales. Read story
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Related Terms: Globalization The North American Fr... Read story
Energy Costs Impact GDP
By Jonathan Steiman | Apr 29, 2005
April 29, 2005 --The economy slowed in the first quarter of 2005 as higher energy prices sapped consumer spending and a surge of imports m... Read story
This Week's Economic Roundup
By Angus Loten | Oct 12, 2006
More business owners expect economy to improve in months ahead; trade gap with China widens. Read story
Going South
By Darren Dahl | Oct 1, 2005
Opportunity is in season as CAFTA opens up Central America. Read story
President Urges Passage of CAFTA
By Stacy Zhao | Jun 1, 2005
June 2, 2005 --The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) can expect to face much contention in Congress but is seeing a great deal... Read story
Trading, American Style
By James H. Wilbur | May 1, 1983
I'm rather struck by the fact that the author of the article on Jack Boles's trading company ("Our Man in Zurich, Tokyo, and Hong Kong," January) focuses ... Read story
The Oil Boom
With oil well over $100 a barrel and gas prices flirting with $4 a gallon, oil-rich nations are becoming just that -- rich. So who has the most petrodollars ... Read story
Garbage In, Gospel Out;
By JAY FINEGAN | Apr 1, 1988
Last October 14th, with gloom gathering like a thunderhead over Wall Street, the government reported the trade deficit for August -- an abysmal $15.7 bill... Read story
This Week's Economic Roundup
By Angus Loten | Nov 9, 2006
Consumer sentiment drops slightly in November; analysts predict "solid start for retail sales" as holiday season approaches. Read story
Feds Promote Trade Pact
By Alexandra Zendrian | Apr 7, 2008
Small firms would benefit from a deal with Colombia that makes U.S. exports duty free, officials say. Read story
Letters
By Inc Staff | Oct 15, 1997
Readers react to Jerry Useem's "Churn, Baby, Churn," featured in this year's State of Small Business issue (May 1997). The article weighed the importance of ... Read story
Cheap Imports Likely to Push Consumer Prices Lower
By Matt Quinn
August 18, 2004 -- The Labor Department reported on Tuesday that consumer prices dipped 0.1 percent in July, which should ease some curre... Read story
Export-Import Bank
The United States Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank, originally established in 1945, is an independent agency created to help finance U.S. exports to industriali... Read story
Business Groups Rally Against Bush Administration
By Daniel Del'Re | Nov 28, 2005
November 28, 2005 --In the wake of President Bush?s recent trip to Asia, a coalition of U.S. business groups is assailing the administrati... Read story
Business Groups Rally Against Bush Administration
By Daniel Del'Re | Nov 28, 2005
November 28, 2005 --In the wake of President Bush’s recent trip to Asia, a coalition of U.S. business groups is assailing the admini... Read story
How to Design an Export Invoice
By Jill Andresky Fraser | Sep 1, 1991
Designing export invoices that comply with business practices in other countries. Read story
Happy Birthday, WTO?
By Elizabeth Wasserman | Jan 1, 2005
An organization best known for sparking riots also deserves some credit for promoting the interests of American entrepreneurs. Read story
UPS, Feds to Help Boost Small-Firm Exports
Mar 9, 2007
March 9, 2007 -- United Parcel Service and the Department of Commerce's Commercial Service are joining forces in an initiative aimed at i... Read story
Mideast Boom
By Darren Dahl | Jul 1, 2006
Mosaica is not the only company benefiting from a surge in Mideast demand for U.S. goods and services. This year, U.S. exports to the region are expected ... Read story
Strange Customs
May 1, 1984
Is a rubber rat a toy or a practical joke? For businesses that import articles into the United States, this kind of hairsplitting can be worth money. Impo... Read story
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