Today in Global Small Business: End-to-End Platform for Cross-Border Trade

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• Check out the end-to-end platform for cross-border trade – 1Export, winner of the SoCal 2020 Global Pitch (congrats Anna Melissa Nava!).
• The ins and outs to export financing.
• Quote of the week:  “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of production and trade...” ― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
• Hong Kong exports are facing an uncertain future after Washington announced this past summer that all Hong Kong imports must be labeled as "Made in China" in response to Beijing's imposition of a national security law in the city.
• Biden and Brexit.
• Any place in the world experiencing over tourism right now?  Surprisingly, yes.

To SMEs in China, The Whole World Can Be Your Market

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After China became a member of the World Trade Organization, twelve years ago, China claims "it’s fulfilled its commitments and made great strides in exporting its "Made in China" brand."

China promised to open the market by bringing down tariffs. The ensuing flood of giant multinationals put tremendous pressure on the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Yet, Li Mingliang, who runs a private fish processing company says:

"Today my products can not only be sold in China, but are exported to neighboring countries like Japan and South Korea. The whole world can be my potential market. We are all connected. A decade ago, that was unimaginable."

Read the entire article:  China makes great strides in exporting "Made in China" brand

Made in China

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Watch James Fallows's Made in China video. He does a fantastic job narrating about China's dynamo manufacturing capabilities and has an accompanying article, "China Makes, The World Takes," in the current issue of The Atlantic online. Unfortunately it's only available to subscribers but that doesn't mean you can't go out and buy a copy. James is an Atlantic national correspondent.

A hat tip to Paul Barsch, Global Services Marketing, Teradata, a division of NCR, for turning me on to the piece.

Separately, but related, I'll be posting on, "Dragons At Your Door," in a couple of days. The fascinating book is scheduled for release tomorrow (June 12).

Photo credit: Michael Christopher Brown.