by Rahul Goyal | Sep 16, 2020 | International Trade
Possible Court Challenge to Section 301 Duties A coalition of importers has just filed a Court challenge to the USTR’s imposition of Section 301 duties on certain imports from China under lists 3 and 4. These duties were imposed as part of a process purportedly...
by Rahul Goyal | Sep 1, 2020 | International Trade
For the first time in almost 50 years, the United Kingdom (UK) has issued its own tariff regime. The new UK Global Tariff (UKGT) will be effective from January 1, 2021, and is set to replace the European Union’s Common Customs Tariff (EU CCT), which continues to apply...
by Rahul Goyal | Aug 25, 2020 | International Trade
On August 21, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2007 containing 416 ABI records and 77 harmonized tariff records. This update includes modifications to support the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) July...
by Rahul Goyal | Aug 12, 2020 | International Trade
President Trump recently signed an executive order suspending the previous Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992. The act provided that products manufactured and imported from Hong Kong could be marked to indicate “Hong Kong” as their country of origin. Products...
by Rahul Goyal | Aug 4, 2020 | International Trade
Last week, the Americans for Free Trade (of which NCBFAA is a member) sent a letter to Representatives Jackie Walorski (R-IN) and Collin Peterson (D-MN) expressing strong support for their bipartisan legislation, H.R. 7665, to extend current product exclusions from...
by Rahul Goyal | Apr 20, 2020 | International Trade
In a statement published on April 17, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced “high-level representatives from the USTR and Brazil’s Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Economy, and Agriculture discussed the implementation of an ambitious...
