Key Points -
On June 21, 2022, CBP began enforcing the UFLPA’s revisions to section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930—19 U.SC. § 1307—by applying a rebuttable presumption that the following goods are prohibited from...more
Key Points -
On December 23, 2021, President Biden signed the UFLPA into law after it unanimously passed both chambers of Congress. The UFLPA aims to strengthen the forced labor statute by prohibiting the importation and...more
- On April 18, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order authorizing temporary deferral of certain duty payments, which CBP implemented via a Temporary Final Rule on April 20, 2020
- Importers of record who have...more
- President Trump issued Presidential Proclamation 9980 on January 24, 2020, expanding the product scope of existing tariffs imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 on certain articles of aluminum and...more
2/10/2020
/ Aluminum Sales ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Exclusions ,
Imports ,
National Security ,
Presidential Proclamations ,
Section 232 ,
Steel Industry ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US Trade Policies
• The MTB process allows importers to petition to suspend or reduce normal duties paid on certain imported products for three years, as approved by Congress.
• The petition process opened on October 11, 2019 and interested...more
• The USTR will consider a second list of products, totaling $4 billion in imports, to include in its proposed duties of up to 100 percent ad valorem on EU imports.
• The additional list covers 89 separate 8-digit HTSUS...more
7/5/2019
/ Comment Period ,
EU ,
Imports ,
Public Comment ,
Public Hearing ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
• Following a setback in U.S.-China trade negotiations, the USTR has increased the Section 301 List 3 additional duty rate on $200 billion of Chinese-origin products from 10% to 25% (the rate already in effect for $50 billion...more
5/14/2019
/ China ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Exclusions ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
Notice and Comment ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
• USTR has proposed to impose additional duties of up to 100 percent ad valorem on $21 billion of imports from EU member states as a result of a dispute concerning aircraft subsidies.
• The proposed duties would apply to...more
4/12/2019
/ Ad Valorem Tax ,
Comment Period ,
Duties ,
EU ,
Government Investigations ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
Member State ,
Public Comment ,
Public Hearing ,
Section 301 ,
Tariff Classifications ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Relations ,
USTR
• The new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) would increase Mexico’s and Canada’s de minimis thresholds for express shipments to $117 USD and $150 CAD for duty-free entry, respectively, and $50 USD and $40 CAD for...more
10/26/2018
/ Canada ,
Common Carriers ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Duty Free ,
Exports ,
Foreign Relations ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Imports ,
Mexico ,
NAFTA ,
Reciprocity Rules ,
Shipping ,
Trade Relations ,
Transportation Industry ,
Trump Administration ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies