What is the outlook for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that manufacture and sell nationally and export their products?

Business conditions, exports and imports slide in January

Key supply chain indicators show that we are more likely headed toward a post-pandemic correction than a full-on recession.

By Frederick Baehner, IBNewsmag.com Publisher While many economists are forecasting recession in 2023, IBNewsmag.com initiated...

As someone who has spent approximately five months in Ecuador over the past 2.5 years, I have enjoyed varied experiences and appreciated...

A Few Practical Tips for Doing Business in Ecuador Business cards are necessary. If you sell something, be prepared to get payment at the...

Heather Ranck has been managing the North Dakota & Northwest Minnesota U.S. Commercial Service office since it opened in 2005. Heather...

Looking in The Rear View Mirror Growing up around my uncles who were second-generation scrap metal merchants, I watched as they shipped...

No matter what you call it, it makes a great deal of sense. As a noted editor so aptly put it, “Reshoring is an efficient way to...

Ethiopia offers stunning natural landscapes. Beauty abounds in the mountains, waterfalls, lakes, wildlife, and even deserts.

By Rosemary Coates Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute Reshoring is no longer just a nice idea, it is really happening....

Based in Lexington, Kentucky, Big Ass Fans (BAF), a fan, lighting and controls manufacturer, is an example of shifting the manufacture of...

What the November Numbers are Saying About the Nation’s Economy

The US Commercial Service has recently opened an office in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for the first time to facilitate trade services between the...

A Kansas City-based SME, DuraComm, went to Mission Critical Electronics (MCE) last month, a California-based designer and manufacturer of...

What do Cher, Kim Kardashian, Andre Agassi, Andy Serkis and Kirk Kerkorian, the “father of the Las Vegas megaresort,” have in common?...

At the end of October, KCS broke ground on a new Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge spanning the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas to...

Of the myriad challenges miring supply chains, a persistent shortage of freight-carrying truck chassis has been among the most...

Taiwan is and has been a strong trading partner with the US. In fact, in the 2021 fiscal year, the US exported over $36.8 billion worth...

You may have heard about it previously because it has been in the works for several years. Essentially, the unitary patent under the...