Monday, July 09, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report At its recent annual session the World Customs Organization Council adopted a framework of standards on cross-border e-commerce designed to help WCO members develop e-commerce strategic and operational frameworks in cooperation with stakeholders. The WCO states that this framework will also be useful for members […]
Employment Law Avoid Costly Employer Mistakes Today’s employers face a growing list of liability dangers. They begin as soon as a business starts looking for job applicants and can continue even after employees leave the company. Here are three cases involving a medical practice, a manufacturer and a restaurant that highlight some of the […]
Friday, July 06, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report The Trump administration announced this week that U.S. companies may engage in a limited number of activities with a Chinese telecommunications company hit with sanctions earlier this year in a long-running case over the company’s violation of U.S. export controls. Specifically, the Bureau of Industry […]
Friday, July 06, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report The Foreign-Trade Zones Board has received from the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, grantee of FTZ 78, a request for authority to reorganize this zone under the alternative site framework, with a proposed service area of Cannon, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Macon, Maury, Montgomery, […]
Thursday, July 05, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report President Trump is reportedly considering a draft bill that would give him authority to ignore World Trade Organization rules and increase U.S. import tariffs. However, any such bill would have major ramifications and is not likely to be approved by Congress. According to press reports, […]
Most products, software, and technology exported from the United States are subject to the Export Administration Regulations, which are administered and enforced by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security. Understanding how to navigate the EAR and their extensive jurisdictional reach is critical to doing business successfully in the global market. And as recent […]
Tuesday, July 03, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report Slightly more companies investigating the origin of their conflict minerals were successful in 2017 compared to 2016, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office. Background. Under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s implementing regulations, companies that file reports […]
Tuesday, July 03, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has determined that Swaziland (which recently changed its name to Eswatini) has adopted an effective visa system and related procedures to prevent the unlawful transshipment of textile and apparel articles and the use of counterfeit documents in connection […]
The process of recovering debts can be extremely challenging, particularly when the individual debtor in question is sophisticated, and holds assets in multiple jurisdictions around the world. The legal process […]
Read moreFriday, June 22, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report President Trump could issue in the next few days an executive order imposing new China-focused export controls on a number of emerging high-tech sectors. A recent White House report asserts that U.S. national and economic security is threatened by China’s use of “economic aggression” to […]
Thursday, June 21, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report The European Commission adopted June 20 the regulation to implement the European Union’s “rebalancing measures” in response to a June 1 increase in U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum from EU and other countries. As a result, starting June 22 the EU will impose an […]
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report President Trump is threatening to raise tariffs on another $400 billion worth of goods from China if Beijing retaliates for the 25 percent tariff the U.S. is planning to impose on Chinese products beginning July 6. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is publishing […]
