Everything Compliance-Episode 12
Keep in mind the following risk factor and MD&A considerations for upcoming Form 10-Q filings...more
On October 2, 2020, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced its initiation of separate investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam’s trade with the United States. ...more
In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) has recently raised the stakes, and the potential duty liability risk, for U.S. importers. On February 4, 2020, the ITA...more
The ECB was even more aggressive than expected in its moves to “head off a downturn before it gained momentum,” cutting a key interest rate and reviving “a money-printing program.” At the same time, the central bank “issued...more
Last week’s wild economic ride combined with China’s currency-devaluing response (and, arguably, months more of trade-war-driven global uncertainty) led to the worst day on Wall Street since last December, with the Dow...more
Apparently hoping to urge China off of its new go-slow tactic, the White House is applying its maximum pressure campaign again, announcing yesterday that the US will “impose a 10 percent tariff on an additional $300 billion...more
The Fed delivered on its expected quarter-point rate cut yesterday, the first decrease in short term rates since 2008. Fed Chair Powell cited “the implications of global developments for the economic outlook as well as muted...more
Quite a start to the week for consulting powerhouse McKinsey & Co., with a Times expose on the questionable relationship between McKinsey’s clients and the investments its hedge fund has made in those same clients, not to...more
As the Obama Administration vigorously pursues its trade agenda, bipartisan groups in the House and Senate have brought the issue of currency manipulation to the forefront of the trade policy debate. On February 10,...more