By Travis Tritten – July 10 2019/ Bloomberg Award early next year for $2.2 billion annual program Congress eyeing legislation that could delay contract Nothing is more certain in military life than that moving, at some point, will be part of it. That saddles the Pentagon with managing an army of commercial moving companies for…
DetailsJuly 10 2019/LEINSTER LEADER Following yesterday’s publication of the revised Brexit contingency action plan from the Irish Government, Allan Shine, CEO of County Kildare Chamber is urging businesses to prepare for a highly possible ‘no-deal’ outcome this October. “Yesterday’s revised contingency action plan was published as a result of the lack of action being taken,…
DetailsSource: Xinhua| 2019-07-10|Editor: Mu Xuequan To stabilize foreign trade, the key is to further expand opening up and focus on enhancing the endogenous power of enterprises through market-oriented reforms and by economic means, according to a statement released after a State Council executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang. China will improve its fiscal and…
Detailsby K&L Gates July 8 2019 /JDSUPRA As the second half of 2019 approaches, Singapore businesses and overseas service providers should take note of the pending changes to Singapore’s Goods and Services Tax (GST). As part of its effort to achieve parity in GST treatment for all services consumed in Singapore, the Minister of Finance…
DetailsThe Korean Times July 5, 2019 By Lee Kyung-min Japan’s export control of key materials needed to produce semiconductors and displays will deal a significant blow to Asia’s fourth-largest economy, economists said Friday. “Given that semiconductors account for about 6 percent of the country’s GDP, a 10 percent drop in the export volume could lead…
DetailsLi Xia BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) — China has adopted 10 concrete measures to streamline customs clearance by cutting time and improving work efficiency, according to the General Administration of Customs Wednesday. Those measures are mainly targeted at further simplifying documentations, optimizing clearance processes to raise efficiency, enhancing port informatization and lowering port charges, said…
DetailsThe Business Times July 1, 2019 WITHOUT a stronger focus on tackling non-tariff barriers, Asean will not accomplish the objectives of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) and will fail to meet the targets in the AEC Blueprint 2025, warns a June 22 report. Jointly commissioned by the European Union-Asean Business Council (EU-ABC) and the Asean…
DetailsChea Vannak / Khmer Tim July 1, 2019 Aun Pornmoniroth, The Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Cambodia last week launched the National Single Window (NSW) aiming to facilitate import and export activities. According to a statement dated June 25, NSW is a facility that allows parties involved in trade and transport to lodge…
DetailsOmri Milman June 30, 2019 Israel has signed a new agreement with Hong Kong, intended to ease customs clearance regulations for export and import between the two. The agreement was signed during the weekend at an annual event of the World Customs Organization in Brussels. According to the agreement, authorized economic operators (AEOs)—goods movers approved…
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By ZX Jun 29 2019 / XinhuaNet BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) — China saw a surge in e-commerce imports on the back of strong consumer demand and a boom in cross-border online platforms, data from an industry report showed. In 2018, China’s imports through e-commerce platforms, including B2B, B2C, C2C and O2O, amounted to 1.9…
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