International Trade Forum articles from July 1998

International Trade Forum archives from July 1998

Exporting organic foods.
July 1, 1998... Organic foods could jump from roughly 1% to 5-10% of food sales in major markets in the next few years. Coffee and tea, fresh fruits and vegetables, rice, spices, sugar and hundreds of other organically grown products found in grocery stores...

Creating world-class marketing materials.(promotional materials as marketing tools)
July 1, 1998... Strong marketing materials and successful networking skills are a plus for any business, but they are vital for companies that export services. This article and the following one are excerpts from a recent ITC publication, Successful Services...

Networking successfully.
July 1, 1998... None of us can survive in business without a strong network of information and referral sources. In your home market, you undoubtedly already have such a network in place, often comprising old schoolmates, relatives, colleagues from former jobs...

The changing landscape: helping companies cope with trade law.
July 1, 1998... The international business student who left school some ten years ago without keeping pace with major developments in international trade law would need more than a short briefing. Many of the important rules which govern the day-to-day...

Doing business in sub-Saharan Africa: a legal revolution.
July 1, 1998... "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." This comment by the anthropologist Margaret Mead could aptly be borrowed to describe a group of 16 sub-Saharan...

Harmonizing business law in Africa.(interview with Dr. Roland Amooussou-Guenou, legal consultant for the Association for the Unification of Law in Africa)(Interview)
July 1, 1998... ITC interviewed Dr Roland Amoussou-Guenou, a French-Beninese lawyer practising in Paris. He is a legal consultant for the Association for the Unification of Law in Africa (UNIDA), created by a group of lawyers residing in Africa and in Europe...

World Conference of Trade Promotion Organizations: adapting to a changing global economy.(includes related article)
July 1, 1998... Eighty-six trade promotion organizations from 66 countries met in Santiago de Chile in October for the second World Conference of Trade Promotion Organizations (TPOs). The conference was addressed by Chile's President and its Minister of...

Leather industry meets in Africa.
July 1, 1998... A new Pan-African Federation of Leather and Allied Industries was a major accomplishment of "Meet in Africa," according to leather industry professionals at the leather industry conference and trade fair, held in Cape Town from 9-16 November...

Gourmet coffee exports.
July 1, 1998... Does Full Moon Coffee, picked under an African full moon, sound appealing to you? Or how about a cup of Real Cowboy Coffee for those who can stomach it? Such fancy names for coffee blends are among the marketing gimmicks used in the...