Talking Trade with Mike Heindselman, Orbis Corporation

In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Orbis Corporation Senior Director of Global Logistics Mike Heindselman says trade compliance efforts need to be company-wide to be effective.  “There’s no compliance without teamwork,” he said. “This can’t be one faction, or

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Talking Trade with Chris Kuehl, Armada Corporate Intelligence

In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Armada Corporate Intelligence Chief Economist Chris Kuehl discusses a recent shift in the global economic outlook.  “If people were listening to the commentary even a few weeks ago, it was pretty doom and gloom,” Kuehl said. “It was looking at 2023 as a

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Talking Trade with Mike Heindselman, Orbis Corporation

In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Orbis Corporation Senior Director of Global Logistics Mike Heindselman says trade compliance efforts need to be company-wide to be effective.  “There’s no compliance without teamwork,” he said. “This can’t be one faction, or one department, or one functional area of a company that’s

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Talking Trade with Maureen Muldoon, retired VP for Trek Bicycle Corporation

In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” recently retired Trek Bicycle Corporation executive Maureen Muldoon discusses industry trends and how the company weathered COVID-19.  Muldoon, who was the vice president of international business development for the Waterloo-based bike maker, highlights the “bike boom” seen early in the pandemic.  “They wanted

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Talking Trade with Steve Wallace of the Omanhene Cocoa Bean Company

In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Omanhene Cocoa Bean Company President Steve Wallace discusses challenges associated with growing the Milwaukee-based chocolate business.  The company’s products are processed and produced in Ghana, one of the world’s largest producers of cocoa.  “Overcoming history was difficult … the politics and the economics

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Talking Trade with Europartnerships Managing Director Mark Dodsworth

In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Europartnerships Managing Director Mark Dodsworth says businesses in the United Kingdom “have been hit very hard” by the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and Brexit.  “These have caused a number of serious disruptions, which have led to, for example, 11 percent inflation as

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Talking Trade with Michael Best Strategies Principal Mike Dankler

In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Michael Best Strategies Principal Mike Dankler says a federal review of Section 301 tariffs on China could be “a sign of some tariff-liftings to come.” Federal officials recently opened a comment period on these tariffs, and Dankler says Michael Best Strategies has been

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Talking Trade with Bruce Glaub, Trade Acceptance Group

In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Trade Acceptance Group Principal Bruce Glaub underlines the importance of export credit insurance.  If an exporter isn’t paid by a client, the insurer will pay out a percentage of that unpaid amount, Glaub explained. That’s useful at the international level because exporters have

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