Oswald Jansen of Resolución B.V. and Teresa N. Taylor of Akrivis Law Group, PLLC met up at Chez Billy Sud in Georgetown, Washington D.C. this week and enjoyed a fabulous working lunch discussing their practices. It’s always great to hear about our members meeting up, thank you for sharing this photo with us. If you are travelling and […]
Teresa N. Taylor of Akrivis Law Group, PLLC and Oswald Jansen of Resolución B.V. met up at Chez Billy Sud in Georgetown, Washington D.C. this week and enjoyed a fabulous working lunch discussing their practices. It’s always great to hear about our members meeting up, thank you for sharing this photo with us.
After filing hundreds of exclusion requests over the past year, we discovered that our approval rate stands at 75%.* The industry average stands at 33%. What we have also discovered within the trade community is that the Commerce Department representatives reviewing the requests are declining many as a result of the HTS classifications being incorrect. Does that […]
The U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) has published the notice in the Federal Register that the USTR will accept Exclusion Requests through an online portal for Chinese-origin merchandise listed on Section 301, Tranche 4A, beginning at noon EDT on October 31, 2019, and ending on January 31, 2020. 84 FR 57144. Products covered by Tranche 4A […]
Customs Compliance Industry Exchange November 20 – 21, 2019 Washington Plaza Hotel 10 Thomas Circle NW , Washington, DC 20005 Discuss strategies with your customs counterparts on Tariffs, Duty Mitigation, Free Trade Agreements, Enforcement Trends, USMCA/NAFTA, and Customs Innovations. The world is changing rapidly and everyone working in import and customs must stay ahead of […]
It seems like a long time ago, but it really wasn’t, that President Trump withdrew the United States from the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) on his 3rd day in office. Looking back, it was actually the gateway for the implementation of the Section 301 tariff war with China. For a group of countries though, the TPP was […]
On Friday, October 11th, 2019, President Trump announced a three- phase trade deal with China. The agreement is an outline of a partial trade accord that President Donald Trump said he and Xi Jinping could sign as soon as next month at an upcoming November summit in Chile. To say the least, there is a […]
On October 2, 2019, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced that the United States has won the largest arbitration award in World Trade Organization (WTO) history in its dispute with the European Union over illegal subsidies to Airbus. This award grew out of an allegation that the European aircraft manufacturer had received illegal […]
On September 26, 2019, Customs issued instructional messages related to the new round of Section 301 exclusions by the USTR, which were published in the Federal Register on September 20, 2019. A. List 1 ($34B Action) Guidelines CSMS #33985407 of September 26, 2019, provides instructions for importers, brokers and filers to use HTS #9903.88.14 when […]
By: Bob Brewer, Braumiller Law Group The trade war between the U.S. and China has dragged on for more than a year now with 25% tariffs currently placed on $200 billion of Chinese goods. On August 1, President Trump announced that the U.S. would move forward with imposing a 10 percent ad valorem tariff on […]
Analysis: Trading companies can fight back in trade wars It takes a bit of work, but there are ways for companies to legally circumvent tariff challenges that have been brought about by the recent imposition of trade barriers. Following much interest in a previous conversation on the matter, GTR speaks once more to Robert Silverman, partner at law firm […]
INSIGHT: Trade Wars—Global Protectionism as a Threat to Cross-Border Transactions President Trump’s trade war with China continues. What options do businesses importing and exporting have in this period of uncertainty? Adrienne Braumiller, Vicky Wu and Megan Mohler of Braumiller Law Group look at some possible solutions. Four lists later, President Trump has self-lauded his negotiating […]