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Management Consulting
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International Business

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Welcome to TSI Global Consulting

Founded in 1996, we are a management consultancy specialized in assisting small and medium-sized manufacturers and exporters to ensure compliance with US Export Regulations and to develop opportunities emerging out of bilateral and multilateral international trade and tariff policies.

With recent changes in the global trade environment TSI Global Consulting offers services to assist our clients to decouple operations in China and reshore production, sourcing and supply chains closer to home in Mexico and Latin America. In addition to providing strategies for mitigating tariffs for specific transactions that are clients are engaged in we offer long term solutions such as Customized Trade Missions which include deep due diligence to research and identify potential foreign partners and new manufacturing and supply chain opportunities. We arrange B2B in-country meetings that provide opportunities for our clients to explore and develop new business opportunities and develop new supply chains in closer to home Mexican and Latin American markets which have unique advantages due to existing trade agreements including the US-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement (USMCA) and the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).

Our traditional consulting services are focused on US export compliance and include advising on, drafting and filing applications for U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security “dual-use” export licenses, providing our clients with in-house license determinations through interpretation of various sections of the US Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR Parts 730-774), advising on eligibility for use of Part 740 license exceptions and related documentation requirements as well as drafting and filing commodity jurisdiction reviews for determining whether products are under the export regulatory and licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce.

We also provide assistance in navigating US Customs regulations and guidance in understanding and ensuring compliance with other technical trade regulations.

Unlike other export compliance consultants and attorneys who have spent their entire careers in government or as advisers to industry, our consultative advice grows out of the background of our Managing Director Jonathan A. Fink which includes hands-on operational experience working in the import/export business as well as deep research skills and experience in interpreting complex government trade policies. Our key differentiator is that our advice comes from years of experience working in the operations of manufacturing enterprises. Not only do we know the Washington policy environment and how to navigate complex trade regulations, but we also can better respond to your unique compliance needs because at TSI Global Consulting our solutions are customized, organic, and rooted in a business perspective.

TSI global consulting provides clients with research-based value-added consulting deliverables that include:

CONSULTING DELIVERABLES

  • Due Diligence to Identify New Foreign Partnerships
  • Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) Determinations
  • Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Export Licensing (3rd party filing)
  • Advise on and draft Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ) filings
  • In-house Export License Determinations based on technical EAR review
  • Advisory services on EAR and ITAR license exceptions/exemptions
  • Advising on complex technical data export controls under the EAR
  • Arrangement of Customized Trade Missions into Foreign Markets
  • Consulting on cost/benefit of alternative INCOTERMS
  • Assistance with AES/EEI filings under the U.S. Foreign Trade Regulations
  • Analysis of business opportunities arising out of Free Trade Agreements
  • Restricted Parties/Consolidated List Screening
  • Review transactions for compliance with OFAC sanctions
  • Russian transactions--regulatory guidance and sanctions screening

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