Friday, August 10, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report The State Department has announced the impending adoption of additional sanctions on Russia under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 following a determination that the Russian government has used chemical or biological weapons against international law or against their […]
Thursday, August 09, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has finalized a proposal to extend the 25 percent tariff that the U.S. imposed July 6 on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods to an additional $16 billion worth of imports from China. U.S. Customs and Border Protection […]
Wednesday, August 08, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report As expected, President Trump took action on Aug. 6 to begin reimposing nuclear-related primary and secondary sanctions against Iran following a decision to cease the United States’ participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Under the JCPOA, the U.S. and the European Union lifted […]
Tuesday, August 07, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has set Sept. 6, rather than the previously announced Sept. 5, as the new deadline to submit written comments and post-hearing rebuttal comments in connection with a proposal to increase from 10 percent to 25 percent the additional […]
Aug. 6, 2018 – International trade and customs law firm Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A. (ST&R) announced today that Miami-based attorney Lenny Feldman has been named co-chair of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee. COAC is a 20-member committee that advises U.S. Customs and Border Protection as well as the departments of […]
Friday, August 03, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report The additional tariff proposed in July on $200 billion worth of goods imported from China could be increased from 10 percent to 25 percent under a new directive from President Trump. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said this possible change is intended to provide the […]
The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act signed into law in 2016 created hundreds of new provisions in Chapter 62 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States for recreational performance outerwear. This webinar will examine these classifications, which ones importers should never use (and why), and the new recordkeeping requirements for importers of […]
Thursday, August 02, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report By Colbert Lam Beginning Aug. 1 companies importing into China must file a new, single customs declaration that combines the requirements of the General Administration of Customs and China Inspection and Quarantine. However, there are already reports that confusion about the new declaration has resulted […]
Wednesday, August 01, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule that, effective Aug. 1, adds 44 entities in China to the Entity List, which lists entities restricted from receiving U.S. exports of goods controlled under the Export Administration Regulations. This rule also modifies one […]
Tuesday, July 31, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report The Court of International Trade has ordered the National Marine Fisheries Service to prohibit imports of fish or fish products from any Mexican commercial fishery that uses gillnets within the range of the critically endangered vaquita porpoise (i.e., the Upper Gulf of California). In May […]
Tuesday, July 31, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report The Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs is accepting comments through Aug. 30 on a proposal to remove cotton from Uzbekistan from a list of products that may have been produced by forced or child labor. Executive Order 13126 prohibits federal agencies from […]
Monday, July 30, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a proposed rule to implement the changes to drawback law made by the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act. However, the proposal goes beyond TFTEA implementation and also proposes a change to how CBP treats drawback of excise […]