Today in Global Small Business: Gender Roles Are Messing With E-Commerce Shipping in the Middle East

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• The requirement making container weight verification a condition for vessel loading will become legally binding on July 1, 2016 (guidelines here).
• Letting the crowd improve trade compliance.
• Who are the next big players in e-commerce?  Top PayPal global trade exec fills us in.
• In the Middle East, gender roles are messing with e-commerce shipping.
• Some of the key things no one tells you about exporting.
• The Global Small Business Blog wins another award for blogs to watch in 2015.