Wednesday, May 09, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report President Trump announced May 8 his decision to cease the United States’ participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and to begin reimposing the U.S. nuclear-related primary and secondary sanctions against Iran that were lifted to effectuate the JCPOA sanctions relief. The Treasury Department’s Office […]
Wednesday, May 09, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report Following a similar letter from the two leading members of the Senate Finance Committee, dozens of members of the House of Representatives wrote to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross May 7 to request a number of improvements to the process of requesting product-specific exclusions from the additional tariffs […]
Robert Silverman is a founding partner of the New York based law firm of Grunfeld,Deside io, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP. GDSLK is one of the largest law firms specializing in Customs law and related trade matters. Before entering into private practice to form the firm, Mr. Silverman served as a trial attorney in the […]
Tuesday, May 08, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report A two-day visit to Beijing by a number of senior Trump administration officials saw the U.S. and China both largely reject each other’s demands on resolving bilateral trade irritants. The two sides agreed to continue discussions but did not specify when they might resume. A […]
Tuesday, May 08, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report The International Trade Administration has issued an antidumping duty order on carton-closing staples from China, effective May 8. Carton-closing staples may be manufactured from carbon, alloy, or stainless steel wire and are covered by this order regardless of (a) specification and (b) the type of […]
Friday, May 04, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report Authorities and trade industry members in the U.S. and around the world are continuing to take steps to respond to the rapid growth in e-commerce shipments, which poses challenges related to security, revenue collection, and regulatory compliance. Several recent developments are highlighted below. For more […]
Friday, May 04, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report Following are highlights of regulatory effective dates and deadlines and federal agency meetings coming up in the next week. May 7 – effective date of USDA final rule on imports of lemons from Chile May 8 – ST&R webinar: Apparel Classification Series: Advanced Topics May 8 – […]
Wednesday, May 02, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report President Trump has issued separate proclamations modifying the list of U.S. trading partners exempt from the additional tariffs he imposed on imports of steel and aluminum as of March 23. These tariffs (25 percent and 10 percent, respectively) were imposed after the Department of Commerce […]
Wednesday, May 02, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report New Admin Reviews. The International Trade Administration has initiated administrative reviews of the following antidumping and/or countervailing duty orders for the periods March 1, 2017, through Feb. 28, 2018 (AD) and Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2017 (CV), unless otherwise noted. The final results of […]
Tuesday, May 01, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report A subsidiary of a U.S.-based multinational corporation has agreed to pay a total of more than $280 million in penalties to resolve charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. This amount includes a $137.4 million criminal penalty to be paid to the Department […]
Monday, April 30, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report A U.S. company has agreed to pay more than $9 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in connection with improper payments made by two Chinese subsidiaries. This amount includes $6.08 million in disgorgement, […]
Monday, April 30, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s annual Special 301 report on the adequacy and effectiveness of U.S. trading partners’ intellectual property rights protection and enforcement lists 36 trading partners as meriting particular concern. This year’s report reiterates the Trump administration’s emphasis on using “all […]