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Yesterday we kicked off the Global Trade Blog – Welcome! I will be posting on a weekly basis on topics that affect your business as relates to sourcing product from China, including…

Last year, I was putting together a project that involved a belt for one of my customers. While instant messaging with my Chinese counterpart, he said he thought the straps should be…

Every once in a while a new customer will come to us with a new product. It hasn’t been completely prototyped or engineered, and they want to know if a factory in…

In 1988 I was in a train station in China, waiting to depart. I was accompanied by a Taiwanese man who had traveled with me from the U.S., and two mainlanders who…

And his name is Xi Jinping. (Who did you think I meant?) China’s new president was appointed by what is now a seven member committee (it used to be 9), known as…

Earlier this year, during a visit to China, I toured a large factory that makes wood products. This factory has large production capacities, and work in a variety of woods, including maple,…