Analyst Insight: Global trade compliance remains a topic that most C-level executives successfully ignore. This should not be regarded as an accomplishment but as a serious corporate deficiency that will affect a company's bottom line and its ability to compete on a global basis. Ignorance of global trade compliance is no longer an option. – Beth Pride, president, BPE Global

These are unsettling times for global business leaders. And nothing makes them more nervous than the issue of access to working capital and liquidity for growth.

Companies today need to cut costs, speed up fulfillment processes and manage growth. All the while providing "the perfect order."

A tit-for-tat battle among nominal trade partners goes global, and there's no sign of a peace treaty on the horizon.