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Shipping Act Violations: FMC Informal Small Claims

Part of the Federal Maritime Commission’s (FMC) job is to regulate international ocean transportation as it relates to U.S. exporters, importers and consumers.  One way the FMC fulfills its mission is by protecting the trading community from financial harm through dispute resolution and proceedings.  The FMC can hear disputes that arise under the Shipping Act of 1984 as amended by […]

TRADE POLICY: OBAMA vs ROMNEY

International trade is vital to our economy, so much of the debate in the upcoming Presidential election has surrounded the candidates’ foreign trade policies. President Barack Obama (D) and his challenger, Governor Mitt Romney (R), have each publicly stated support for free trade; however their trade philosophies are very different.   President Obama introduced the National Export Initiative (“NEI”) in […]