Category Archives: Agriculture

Trade with Turkey – Overview Trade with Turkey Guide – Turkey is the link between Europe and Asia. Interestingly, 97% of Turkey’s territory lies in Asia, and only 3% of its territory lies in Europe. In 2019, Turkey was the EU’s 5th largest trading partner, export market, and imports provider. The EU is by far […]

The Trading with Italy – Overview Trading with Italy – Italy is the European Union’s third-largest economy and its second-largest manufacturer of products. It was one of the founding countries of the European Union. Italy is regarded as one of the “Mediterranean Countries” within the European bloc. Last year, it made up 1.85% of world […]

Brexit Consequences – Can the UK really disconnect from Europe? Brexit Consequences for the UK – When EU President Donald Tusk said in a February 2019 speech, “a special place in hell waits for those who promoted Brexit without a sketch of a plan on how to carry it through”, he was portraying the EU’s […]

China Sales Strategy & Tips for Companies selling into China China Sales Strategy – China is becoming part of every company’s international sales strategy.  Over my 15 years of working with companies in China, I have found it very intriguing to see the pendulum swing from foreign companies wanting to source from China to now […]

Overview of Selling into China Selling into China – The Chinese market is poised to become a pivotal aspect of any company’s global sales strategy. Despite slower-than-forecasted economic expansion, China continues to be a major catalyst for the global economy. Today, anyone involved in international commerce finds it indispensable to engage with China. A PWC […]

Your company has invested a lot of resources into developing foreign suppliers for its products in countries such as China so that it can gain a competitive sales advantage over its rivals. If you’ve ever imported anything, you will most likely have heard of a document called the “Bill of Lading”. The “Bill of Lading” […]

The EU and South America have stepped up their talks. EU trade agreements are now in demand with other trading blocks This is because of Donald Trump’s decision to remove the US from the trans-Pacific trade deal has stimulated leaders in the EU & the founding members of the South American trading block called Mercosur […]

Protect Food Sold to China. China’s Food imports are rising. So have you thought of the likelihood that the food products you sell in China could be tampered with or even copied? Food fraud is a very real threat in China. China’s food track record Food scandals are commonplace in China.  It has an awful […]

              It is January and you have just returned to work after holidays when suddenly you realize that that the Chinese New Year holidays are coming. This often comes to light when suddenly Freight Companies cannot book space on ships departing China or the Seller in China avoids accepting […]

  The high level team dealing with a potential US-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has cleared the way for formal negotiations to begin. Indeed the European Union’s incoming trade chief is vowing to pursue an ambitious free trade agreement with the United States. The shared ambition would be to progressively move to a more integrated […]