Offering years of experience in customs and international trade law and a deep understanding of global supply chains

The Suarez Firm helps clients take the risk out of international commerce. After a dramatic shift in U.S. trade policy, importers have felt the pain of extra tariffs and uncertainty in their international business. The Suarez Firm helps clients understand what to expect next and to adjust their business transactions to minimize costs and mitigate the risk of penalties or other enforcement actions by customs authorities.

Trade Facilitation: A Critical Element for Africa’s Place in the Global Value Chain

28 January 2014
Categories: Africa & Emerging Markets, Customs & Trade Facilitation, News

The case for regional integration in Africa has been made, by Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank, as well as by other well-known African authorities. So the question that now arises is how can regional integration be accomplished? Large amounts of money – both public and private -…

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Debate Concerning Renewal of African Growth and Opportunity Act Has Begun

17 December 2013
Categories: Africa & Emerging Markets, News

BY: EVELYN M. SUAREZ AND SINGLETON B. MCALLISTER Signed into law by President Clinton on May 18, 2000 and subsequently expanded, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is a unilateral system of trade preferences that allows thousands of types of goods produced in Sub-Saharan Africa to be imported duty-free…

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Influential Leadership for Public and Corporate Leaders Programme

7 December 2013
Categories: Africa & Emerging Markets, News, Speaking Engagements

Evelyn Suarez was invited to speak at the Influential Leadership for Public and Corporate Leaders Programme that took place December 2-6, 2013 in Cape Town, South Africa. The program aims to equip a select number of students with the practical tools to realize their full leadership potential.

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After the Broken Broker: Protecting the Honest Broker Presented by the Customs Brokers & International Freight Forwarders Association of Virginia, Inc.

21 November 2013
Categories: Customs & Trade Facilitation, News, Speaking Engagements

The Customs Brokers & International Freight Forwarders Association of Virginia, Inc. invites you to attend its monthly meeting and luncheon. Evelyn Suarez will give a presentation entitled, “After the Broken Broker: Protecting the Honest Broker Presented by the Customs Brokers & International Freight Forwarders Association of Virginia, Inc.”…

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