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To: allen v.w. who wrote (13089)	4/3/1999 7:48:00 PM
From: allen v.w.	Respond to of 40688

News on CHINA and WTO. CHINA THINKS WTO AGREEMENT IS NEAR China hopes to get an agreement with the United States on its entry into the World Trade Organization by the time of Premier Zhu Rongji's visit to the United States next week, but if that does not happen negotiations will continue, perhaps even during the visit, Chinese embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Liu Xiao Ming told reporters yesterday. On the economic front, priorities for Mr. Zhu's visit with President Clinton next Thursday will include permanent normal trade relations, WTO accession and technology transfer, Mr. Liu said. The trade talks will be a major focus of the visit to Washington and five other US cities, the embassy official said. The ranking Chinese official also wants to discuss closer US-Chinese ties, both government-to-government and between the Chinese and American people. He will travel to five US cities during the visit which concludes April 14 - Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, New York and Boston. In all the stops Mr. Zhu will talk with national and local officials as well as citizens and business executives. The Premier intends to visit Canada before returning to China. Mr. Zhu is scheduled to kick off his public appearances next Friday with a dinner address in Washington. The point of most of the speeches, said the embassy official, will be China's continuing "opening-up" process. He also said several commercial agreements, in addition to the $2 billion signed this week by US business executives traveling in China with Commerce Secretary William Daley, will be signed during the national tour. The Premier also will discuss "head-on" recent US allegations of nuclear spying in the United States, something the embassy officials said has been fabricated by old "Cold War" enemies of China. Premier Zhu and Vice President Gore will convene a major bilateral forum on environment and development during the Washington portion of the visit. That meeting will take place next Thursday and Friday. On the WTO talks, the embassy official remarked that both sides have demonstrated they are negotiating in "good faith" to reach an acceptable agreement. There are some US demands which go too far, however, Mr. Liu said. He did not elaborate. If requested by Washington, Mr. Liu said the trade talks, ongoing in Beijing this week, could continue next week during the Zhu visit. Mr. Liu noted that 1999 is the 20th anniversary of establishment of US-China relations. SOURCE: Washington Trade Daily (http://www.tradecompass.com/wtd). Copyright 1999 by Trade Reports International Group. All rights reserved

To: allen v.w. who wrote (13089)	4/3/1999 9:10:00 PM
From: allen v.w.	Respond to of 40688

PNLK WILL TEACH THEM HOW TO DO IMPORTING AND EXPORTING ! I have e-mail this below to Mr Graham to see if he would like to do a piece on PNLK. I will let you know his reply, if any. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Mr Graham, ( I have read your piece on Conducting international business is a very complex process ) I agree with your piece very much. This is why I'am writting you and asking you If you have a moment, Can you please take a look at this online company called ProNetLink, Stock symbol= PNLK ? I have been invested in PNLK for about 9 months now and I believe they will provide everything that will be needed for a business of any size to do import and export on their web site. ProNetLink will be a very big help to making import and export much easier for any business. PNLK is about to announce an upgrade to their web site to V3.0 This upgrade will be a major one There is way to much for me to cover in this letter. I will give you a link to some of the facts posted on the SI techstocks web site for PNLK . Also I will give you some contacts at ProNetLink just in case you would like to contact them and maybe do a piece on them. I'am sure they will be happy to give you a user name and password so you can do a review and be sure to ask them about the V3.0 update. CEO ---------------------- JEAN PIERRE COLLARDEAU ------- nyjpc@hotmail.com COO ---------------------- Dave Walker--------------------------------- DWalker@pronetlink.com Marketing --------------- Glen Zagoren-------------------------------- nfo@zagoren.com Jean Pierre's helper---Taylor------------------------------------------ taylor@pronetlink.com Here is the link to ProNetLink's web site. http://www,pronetlink.com Also please check out these links that are press release's from when ProNetLink started up last year. Message 8441764. Take care and I hope you have a Happy Easter. PS: I will be waiting for your reply. Allen Van Wert--------- avw1@ptdprolog.net End of e-mail to Mr Graham. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Conducting international business is a very complex process In spite of more than twenty years of rapid globalization and enormous changes in international commercial practices, there still persists the perception in too many places around the world that doing business in foreign markets is merely a matter of having good personal contacts. Just last week, a retired railroad worker who had called from Vancouver, British Columbia interrupted my supper. He assumed that because my company maintains a web site on the World Wide Web, he could just call me up and get some free business consulting. It seems that this gentleman had become involved in a large foreign government tender involving several millions of dollars. Only problem was that he had no prior import-export experience and had been duped into making unusual financial guarantees that could very well have cost him his house and retirement savings. When I tried to explain to him that he was going to have to hire an international attorney, he got angry and started shouting at me. Unfortunately, the Internet and "popular business culture" are the driving forces behind this fanatical rush to cash in on the globalization of commerce. The only problem is that conducting international business is a very complex process that involves significant education, specialized training and practical experience. It is not for amateurs because even very well schooled international business professionals/practitioners can and do make very simple errors that can cause their companies to lose millions of dollars. What do you need to know before you can get started doing business in foreign markets? Education is an absolute requirement. Probably the worst myth in existence is that anybody can become a "middleman" in an international trade deal and walk away with a small fortune without taking any risks. It just does not happen. Yet many people persist in believing in this myth and like our retired railroad worker risk their life's savings in deals in which they do not belong. If you do not have a college degree in international business administration, you should remain on the sidelines. International business requires knowledge of international economics, international finance, international marketing, global channels of distribution, international commercial practices and international law. Twenty years ago, one could substitute substantial experience gained by working at an export management or global trading company, foreign freight forwarder or international department of a bank for a formal education. The current situation is not as forgiving. Specialized training is extremely important to place your education and/or experience into proper context. Experts have estimated that between one third and one half of all international documentation in the United States is improperly completed and its related procedures improperly executed. Letters of credit, bills of lading, trans-shipment orders, commercial invoices, insurance documents and packing lists are just some of the documents that must be carefully completed and then properly executed in order for an import-export transaction to be arranged. Any mistake in any one of these documents or their related procedures could result in a seller not getting paid or a buyer not receiving his/her goods. Agricultural products and perishable foods require even more consideration due to increased regulations and scrutiny. Also, these products require special handling or they could be ruined in transit resulting in huge losses. Practical experience is most valuable in two areas: international marketing and transporting the goods. One reason why any person can't merely walk off the street and arrange an import-export transaction is because companies that buy goods and services in global markets observe certain international commercial practices. These practices are standardized around the world so that buyers and sellers in different languages understand what is meant by certain technical jargon. Serious buyers and sellers in global markets can easily recognize an inexperienced import-export wannabe trader a thousand miles away and will normally avoid such people like the plague. In reality, one has to learn a whole new language of technical terminology used to describe practices and procedures. CIF (cost, insurance and freight) is understood the world over to mean the same thing in any global transaction. Terminology used in certain aspects of the transaction and to describe transport and logistics are a standardized jargon that must be learned through proper usage. It is impossible to leave your job as a railroad engineer and three months later to have learned all of the international commercial practices necessary for an international transaction, especially a foreign government tender which is difficult for even very highly qualified international business professionals. Web sites, magazine & newspaper articles and television shows are promoting the idea that smaller businesses must become involved in global business, i.e., going global, in order to survive in a changing world. This is certainly true. However, in a rush to provide a public service as well as promote the sale of business services, many of these media formats are not telling the entire story. Too often, there is an attempt to make it appear like a formula that can be easily replicated. "Ten Easy Steps to Export Success" Web sites providing free trade leads and easy access to both "so-called" buyers and sellers are popping up like mushrooms in cow dung in the high meadows. Here today and gone tomorrow. International trade intermediaries serve a vital function in the sale and distribution of goods and services worldwide. Most intermediaries are very well established companies with many years of experience and expertise across diverse industries. While the modernization of electronic communications by way of the facsimile machine and the rise of the use of the Internet, particularly e-mail and the World Wide Web, have allowed smaller organizations to compete and offer more specialized services, it has not changed in any substantive way the role of the intermediary. This role is to provide international marketing and channel distribution support for manufacturers and producers of services. As more products incorporate high technology, trade intermediaries will be forced to adapt their business practices and techniques to continue to provide better customer support. So, don't expect a recently retired railway worker to be able to set up your next global trade deal. About the author: Jeffrey P. Graham is President of JPG Consulting and is also the author of the Global Observer, an online newsletter targeted at new entrants to the Internet and the international business community. He can be contacted via e-mail at jpgraham@ix.netcom.com. For more information please visit: going-global.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- BTW, Here is the link that is just above for the observer. ALLEN: (:->