On Challenging China With A Tariff
News An import surcharge applies to only half the trade balance (the imports), so you have to do twice as much, 50 percent. It is paradoxical to propose an import surcharge to avoid a trade war. Every week, more and more products from China are being...
[June 15, 2005, 14:55]
Qualcomm 3G Phone Ban To Take Effect
News President Bush's administration said on Monday that it would not veto a decision handed down in June by the International Trade Commission that would prohibit the import of mobile phones using the chips that infringe on Broadcom patents.
[August 7, 2007, 10:52]
International Trade And U.S. Productivity
White Papers The results of both panel and time-series regressions of manufacturing data indicate that a decrease in the import price has a positive competition effect on manufacturing productivity growth after one to two years, and this impact is bigger when...
[June 29, 2005, 3:00]
Broadcom Warns Bush Over Qualcomm Chip Veto
News Chipmaker Broadcom has urged the White House not to veto a ruling which bans the import into the US of phones containing technology from rival manufacturer Qualcomm. As a result, the ITC banned the import of phones using the Qualcomm chips...
[July 9, 2007, 14:33]
Client-Revised E-Courseware Trains Global Audience
White Papers An international manufacturer needed to provide employees around the world with training on U.S.trade regulations regarding import and export purchasing. Keeping a diverse, dynamic employee base informed of these rules was a client priority.
[July 23, 2004, 0:00]
Broadcom, Verizon Wireless Agree 3G Phone Deal
News On 7 June, the US International Trade Commission ordered a ban on the import of all future models of phones using this 3G technology from Qualcomm. Broadcom has found a way around its rival Qualcomm in its effort to earn royalties for a patent...
[July 20, 2007, 11:39]
Unix Users Up In Arms At Bill Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Remmmber we can import bannanas from anywhere we want, including Ghana, where our farmers wil be delighted with having this wonderfull access to the American markets. Every country can do what they like, so far as its within the rules laid down by...
[January 31, 2004, 15:48]
Toshiba To Unveil Scanner-like Mobile Screen
News That technology could be used to capture data from a catalogue, to read bar codes, to recognise and authenticate fingerprints for security purposes, or to import a private route map into a personal digital assistant from a navigation system.
[May 26, 2004, 10:55]
China In WTO Will Shake Up Tech Sector
News Hewlett-Packard, for instance, used to import components through Hong Kong because the informal tariff was cheaper than the official rate. Although the ripple effects of the event will take years to play out, the entry of both nations into the...
[September 19, 2001, 8:30]
SanDisk To Sue STMicroelectronics For Patent Infringement
News SanDisk, the leader in flash memory cards, said Monday it has asked the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to investigate whether STMicroelectronics' NAND flash memory chips violate its patent. SanDisk has filed a patent infringement lawsuit...
[October 18, 2004, 16:45]
