The U.S. dollar has strengthened significantly over the last year against most major and minor currencies. This can be good for U.S. consumers, but constitutes a headache for U.S. exporters trying to make sales in overseas markets. The dollar has climbed 10 percent against the Euro, 21 percent against the Mexican Peso and 18 percent […]
As a regional trade finance specialist with the U.S. Small Business Administration, I enjoy an opportunity to speak with small business exporters in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. I hear from a great variety of businesses — from vitamin supplement makers shipping to Asia to aircraft component suppliers shipping to South America to design firms building […]