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Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions, ADEC Offers Free US-Mexico Trade Webinar May 12
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArkansas Manufacturing Solutions and the Arkansas District Export Council will sponsor a free webinar focusing on trade opportunities available to U.S. companies with Mexico on Thursday May 12, 2022. Attendees can gain a broader understanding of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement…
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Arkansas WTC Names New Trade Directors, Global Project Manager
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe World Trade Center Arkansas announced Monday the hiring of three new team members to assist in growing exports from the Natural State. Jana Carter is the Center’s new Global Trader Director and Foreign Trade Policy Advisor; Ed Mabry has…
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Arkansas District Export Council Offers Webinar on USMCA and Supply Chain
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleWhen dealing with global trade, few things are straight-forward. Trade is governed by a web of agreements and is subject to volatile events and happenstances that are often beyond the control of its participants. In the United States, one of…
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Arkansas Farmers Grateful To Put 2019 Behind Them
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleBad weather leaves $347M impact on state agriculture output By Tyler Hale Every industry has boom years and down years. For Arkansas agriculture, it was a down year in 2019. A perfect storm of variables, from heavy rains…
by Melvin Torres On Monday, October 14, the World Trade Organization formally authorized the United States to impose tariffs of up to $7.5 billon on European Union goods imports. This came after 15 years of dispute between the European Union…
by Walter Burgess On Thursday, Sept. 19, Arkansas welcomed policy makers from the European Union and across the United States as part of the 10th US-EU Small and Medium Enterprises Workshop. The workshop, held in Little Rock, is part of…
Next week, regional professionals will have the opportunity to hear from the nation’s leading labor official about job creation and workforce development. The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/AIA is hosting a talk between U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta and…
During a visit two years ago with President Trump at the White House, I took the opportunity to stress the importance of global trade to Arkansas’s economy. At the time, the president was negotiating with Canada and Mexico for a…
The U.S. and China have been at odds over trade policies for several months now, with each nation throwing tariff after tariff in a tit-for-tat dispute that’s damaged certain sectors of the economy, including in the Natural State. But recent…