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, […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Dirk Noels of Kegels & Co Advocaten. Dirk has joined IR as our exclusive Trade & Customs Law Member in Belgium. Kegels & Co is a Belgian law firm near to the port of Antwerp with decades of experience in commercial law and […]
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 […]
Friday, 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 […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Paola Mariani of Pesce & Associati. Paola has joined IR as our exclusive Trade & Customs Law Member in Italy. Throughout our history, Pesce & Associati is today a well-respected law firm, where tradition meets innovation in order to support our clients […]
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 […]
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report The International Trade Administration, the Bureau of Industry and Security, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative would get additional resources to conduct trade enforcement operations in a fiscal year 2019 appropriations bill approved June 14 by the Senate Committee on Appropriations. Highlights of […]