Venting on Bamboo Tariff Stuff

Blogs are great for people like me that get real raw about stuff and need the sweet ability to vent – and NOW. Therefore, I am venting.
Someone help me! Someone help me figure out how to get myself a red phone to Customs & Border Protection so that I can spoon feed them all the [...]

Import Geniuses

Now, I may be the TradeGURU but there a couple guys that have developed a GENIUS idea!
ImportGenius.com allows users to monitor their suppliers and watch their competitors’ imports by datamining the mass volumes of import data made available by the Freedom of Information Act. Genius, really, but I almost feel violated and a little sad that [...]

I…CPA! (to the tune of “YMCA”)

Catchy tune, isn’t it? Well that is the song of the hour for the fastest growing import/export compliance-related organization around today.
With membership growing by leaps and bounds it is no wonder that ICPA is thriving – the annual conferences are getting bigger and more polished, the online Q & A is getting more diverse in [...]

By George, we’ve got webinars!

Perhaps a bit behind the times but better a late bloomer than not at all – that is what I say!
The trade compliance community has hit a growth spurt and I’ve got to tell you that I am loving all the timely webinars and virtual networking that is going on! Service providers, trade attorneys and, [...]