Today in Global Small Business: Is Tariff a Dirty Word to Business Owners Who Trade Globally?

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

• Is tariff a dirty word to business owners who trade globally?
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• Learn why the international world requires an international mindset.

How to Stave Off the Recession? Trade Globally.

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What the world needs now is not love sweet love but more trade - international trade that is.

Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his annual report to members on developments in the international trading environment, said: “The world needs a renewed and stronger commitment from all Governments to revitalize the multilateral trading system that can restore economic certainty at a time when it is badly needed. The policy determination to resist inward-looking policies seems to be faltering in some countries, even as the world economy needs more trade to stave off recession.”

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Note:  Information presented covers the period mid-October 2011 to mid-October 2012.  The full report is available on the WTO website.