Trade

Increasingly, production is ..... across different factories in different countries - it is becoming globalized.

Of particular concern are 'rules of origin', which define where a product is made and determine what kind of market ..... it will have.

"Trade ..... growth in flexible economies, but its positive impact is much reduced - and in some cases, even reversed-in excessively regulated economies," says Caroline Freund, Senior Economist in the World Bank's Trade Research Team.

Some of the steps that ..... regulated economies need to take are easy and inexpensive; for example, it does not cost much to reduce excess procedures for registering a new business.

Doing well in the areas of public infrastructure, governance and ease of firm entry clearly correlates with stronger trade-related growth, suggesting that countries may need to simultaneously ..... reform in several areas in order to benefit from trade openness.

By promoting trade and investment we are promoting prosperity and a better world; to increase trade and investment, the ITA helps U.S. companies ..... foreign markets.

We help educate companies about how to tailor their activities to the specific market with respect to their product ....., financing, marketing, assembly and logistics.

While the United States exports more than any other country, making that first export can still be a ..... challenge for a small- or medium-sized business.

The World Bank has reported that the elimination of global trade barriers could ..... 300-500 million of the world's poor out of poverty over the next 15 years.

Atypical work has ..... and now accounts for some 30 to 35 per cent of total employment; however, atypical employees are unionized to the same extent as others, perhaps slightly more so.