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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has released an updated list of trade compliance verification priorities effective July 2024. The CBSA periodically sets verification priorities which reflect its evaluation of the...more
US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) Headquarters ruling H327577 of May 8, 2024 dealt with an unusual set of circumstances and produced some unusual results. The ruling involved a plant fertilizer product sold under the...more
On April 22, Mexico increased import duties to 544 tariff lines ranging between 5% and 50%. The increase will be enforced for two years, ending in April 2026....more
As an additional measure to those taken last year, the Federal Government again modified the Law of General Import and Export Taxes (Ley de los Impuestos Generales de Importación y Exportación) in order to provide fair...more
Author and futurist Peter Zeihan recently asserted that President Joe Biden has presided over “the most protectionist administration the United States has had in at least a century.” And Donald Trump reportedly plans to...more
The year 2024 holds the potential for significant developments in the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism. With the upcoming 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in February, members may reach agreements...more
The U.S. has Free Trade Agreements with 21 different countries. Do you know how to qualify?...more
Why Should You Attend: The Harmonized System (HS) is used by virtually all countries to determine the duty/taxes and admissibility of imported goods. Because the classification of goods under the HS is a legal determination...more
In 2022, the United States was the leading recipient of Mexico’s tequila exports. In that same year, the U.S. imported more than 338 million liters of tequila from the country, more than 32 times the volume imported by...more
In May 2023, Global Feedback, an environmental advocacy group based in the UK and the Netherlands, announced that it had filed legal proceedings against the UK government, claiming that it failed to adequately assess the...more
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has released an updated list of trade compliance verification priorities for 2023. Verification priorities are established on an ongoing basis, and reflect the CBSA’s assessment of...more
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has released an updated list of trade compliance verification priorities for July 2022. Verification priorities are established throughout the year and reflect the CBSA’s assessment of...more
The Week in Review delivers the impact and analysis for the public, private, and non-profit sectors from our regular reporting of the evolving global sanctions campaign against Russia. This week, we reviewed the recent...more
Husch Blackwell’s third-annual international trade law year-in-review report provides a detailed look at how 2021 played out and takes a peek at how 2022 might develop. As companies begin to strategize on what a second year...more
An overhaul of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) will occur in early 2022 to align with the World Customs Organization (WCO) Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) updates scheduled...more
Since taking office, the Biden Administration has been slow to engage on the trade agenda, putting a priority on jobs and seeking to reinvest in America’s competitiveness. The U.S. Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, has...more
The trade relationship between the U.S. and UK is an economically and historically important one for both nations. While the two nations recommitted to their longstanding alliance at the recent G7 summit, a number of...more
On April 19, 2021, the Federal Government of Canada unveiled its first budget in two years, promising over $100 billion in new spending intended to propel Canada's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Part of the...more
It’s the beginning of a new year! 2020 is over, COVID-19 vaccines are being administered, the USMCA is in effect, and there is an apparent unofficial understanding that the auto industry is essential in North America (Mexico,...more
Overwhelming bipartisan concern exists in Congress as China continues its growing influence and economic ascendency in critical sectors related to national security, technology and manufacturing. Through the capital injection...more
As previously reported on December 15, 2020, the Mexican Secretary of Economy and the Secretary of State for International Trade of the United Kingdom issued a joint statement to communicate the signing of the UK-Mexico Trade...more
Just one day before New Year’s Eve, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU Council President Charles Michel and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally signed the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. Effective as...more
After months of negotiations, Congress passed an omnibus legislative package on Dec. 22, 2020, that funds the government through September 2021 and includes a package of hard-fought COVID-19 relief measures. Also included was...more
The United States – United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has been a high priority for both President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has made expanding the UK’s trading relationships post-Brexit a high...more
This is the third in a three-part series on new challenges for businesses presented by the USMCA from Canadian and Mexican perspectives. Part one looked at trade and customs and part two at labour....more