Complying with Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) to Expand Internationally

This trade webinar will cover existing and pending RTAs, the opportunities and challenges they present for your business, the new rules and procedures and how you can comply with them. It will discuss major RTAs involving the US and the EU and opportunities for exporters of goods.

Why Should You Attend:

The growing network of regional trade agreements provides both opportunities and challenges to companies as they expand internationally. RTAs facilitate international business by lowering the barriers to the cross-border flow of goods and services. In 2010, 41% of U.S. goods were exported to a country with which the U.S. has signed a trade agreement. RTAs also bring with them new rules and procedures with which companies must comply in order to fully access their benefits.

This webinar will discuss the opportunities and challenges that the growing network of regional trade agreements presents for companies as they expand internationally.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• A look at the “alphabet soup” of existing and pending RTAs
• Understanding free trade agreements
• Understanding customs unions
• Understanding other types of RTAs
• Other preferential regimes
• A look at major RTAs involving the US and the EU
• Opportunities for exporters of goods
• Complying with rules of origin & marking requirements
• Duty deferral and drawback procedures
• Recordkeeping requirements
• Opportunities for exporters of services
• Dispute settlement decisions and their implications

Who Will Benefit:

• Chief Executive Officers
• Customs or Trade Compliance Personnel or Officers
• Import or Global Trade Directors or Managers
• Chief Compliance Officers
• Logistics, distribution and transportation professionals
• Import Supervisors
• Customs Brokers
• Business Development Managers
• CEOs