Commercial Law International

Sustainable Supply Chain Management Storymaps

By Ainsley Brown on June 12, 2016

Their assignment was to use a platform developed by Northwestern University Knight Lab, to storymap a story of sustainability. They had to use the Triple Bottom Line - balancing the social, environmental and economic aspects of sustainability - as their analytical framework; the lens and the narrative through which their stories would be told. The topics were wide ranging and included industry specific projects (corn, rum, marijuana) to company specific (Toyota, Johnson &Johnson) projects.

Government Policy, Trade, WTO

When a veto is not just a veto – Is the US undermining the WTO?

By Ainsley Brown on June 6, 2016

The importance of the Appellate Body to the WTO and the whole global trading system cannot be over stated. It is the ability, and one could argue a key distinguishing feature, of the WTO as the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) to effectively resolve trade disputes between its members that underpin the global trading system.

Banking, Government Policy, Legislative Process, Tax

Multilateral Tax Convention Becomes Law In Singapore

By Ainsley Brown on May 3, 2016

The May 1 effective date comes some four months after Singapore ratified the Convention January 2016 and is part of effort to increase tax transparency and combating cross-border tax evasion in Asia's top financial and business hub

Commercial Awareness, Economy, Trade

The world’s top ten most export driven economies

By Ainsley Brown on March 31, 2016

What countries are the top export driven economies?

Commercial Awareness, Jamaica's Global Logistics Hub, Logistics, Transportation

The air transport sector globally is a significant employer

By Ainsley Brown on December 5, 2015

56.6 million jobs are supported globally by the air transport sector

Commercial Awareness, Government Policy, Jamaica's Global Logistics Hub, Special Economic Zone, Trade

Special Economic Zones: a tool for economic development

By Ainsley Brown on October 31, 2015

There are over 3,000 special economic zones worldwide directly employing over 69 million people.

Commercial Awareness, Logistics, Shipping, Trade

85% of World Trade is in bulk goods

By Ainsley Brown on October 16, 2015

Containerized cargo represents a small but very important fraction of global trade.

Commercial Awareness, Government Policy, Jamaica's Global Logistics Hub, Public Policy

Jamaica’s Logistics Hub: reshaping ourselves to reshape global trade, Part I

By Ainsley Brown on October 14, 2015

Jamaica’s progress towards being a Global Logistics Hub might appear to be slow, especially when compared to what Panama appears to be doing but Jamaica’s progress is real and it is meaningful.

Commercial Awareness, Consumer Goods, Logistics, Trade

Globalization has seen a greater convergence of goods and services trade

By Ainsley Brown on October 5, 2015

Did you know? Services accounts for 30% of the value created in manufacturing

Commercial Awareness, Entrepreneurial, Government Policy, Jamaica's Global Logistics Hub

Opportunities for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in a logistics centered economy

By Ainsley Brown on September 24, 2015

Opportunities abound for the MSMEs in a logistics centered economy, moreover, many of these opportunities do not lie in the distant future but are here and now.