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28
Apr
2020
How to Navigate the Section 301 Tariff Process
Step One: Know Your HTS Subheading Every product subject to a proposed or ongoing Section 301 tariff action is identified by an 8-digit or 10-digit HTS Subheading. This search engine allows you to search by an 8-digit HTS Subheading to obtain information about a proposed or ongoing Section 301 tariff action. If you do not [...]
06
Apr
2020
WE WANT SOME COOKIES TOO!
Women in trade | S1: Episode 8 We discovered a new podcast featuring women who work in international trade. The podcast is only a few episodes into its first season but they have hit the ground running with a lineup of amazing and influential ladies in trade compliance. The podcast, Women In Trade, is [...]
26
Mar
2020
New Section 301 Tariff Exclusion Process for COVID-19-Related Items
The Coronavirus pandemic has affected pretty much every aspect of life in the United States. We can now add trade policy to the list. As part of the Federal government’s efforts to address the spread and treatment of COVID-19, the Trade Representative’s office is considering exclusion of medical care products from the Section 301 tariffs on imports from [...]
13
Mar
2020
Where Is Brexit?
Where Is Brexit? What Is Brexit? Over time, the UK has given us many interesting tales – from Camelot to Hogwarts. But there hasn’t been a more mystical story from the UK in decades as the tale of Brexit. If you have left aside the Harry/Meghan saga to keep up with the Brexit (British exit) story, then you must know that [...]
03
Mar
2020
Federal Circuit Defines Country of Origin Requirement for Federal Procurement
Just when I thought I was running out of blog topics, along comes the Federal Circuit to stir the pot for country of origin determinations under the Federal Acquisition Regulation. In Acetris Health, LLC v. United States, the appellate court clarified the circumstances under which an article qualifies as a “U.S.-made end product” qualified for purchase [...]
28
Feb
2020
Part 3: CBP Wants YOU! Increased AD/CVD Scrutiny Abounds
Part 3 of 3: “CBP Wants YOU! Increased AD/CVD Scrutiny Abounds” AD/CVD Consequences: Real Live American Disasters Inflated AD/CVD and high tariffs have real world consequences. One of the hardest-hit industries by high tariffs and AD/CVD besides the steel and aluminum industries is the hardwood industry and those companies who depend upon an inexpensive supply of raw wood and [...]
21
Feb
2020
Part 2: CBP Wants YOU! Increased AD/CVD Scrutiny Abounds
Part 2 of 3: “CBP Wants YOU! Increased AD/CVD Scrutiny Abounds” How the Past Defines Today Thomas Prusa, Professor of Economics at Rutgers University, says that antidumping laws can be traced back to 1916 when the real concern was antitrust law – not allowing large corporations a monopoly in their industries. Both antitrust and antidumping laws were [...]
12
Feb
2020
CBP Wants YOU! Increased AD/CVD Scrutiny Abounds
Why we are Where we are Honestly, antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) sound more like terms from a dating app than cosponsors of the serious consequences they can bring to American industry. So, just what do these antiquated-sounding terms mean? Swipe right and we’ll take a look at their definitions; but first, let’s catch a [...]
30
Jan
2020
Why Drawback? Why Now?
“Drawback is the refund, reduction or waiver in whole or in part of customs duties assessed or collected upon importation of an article or materials which are subsequently exported” – U.S. Customs and Border Protection In the Beginning… It was the 1780s and everything seemed possible: the Revolutionary War had been won, and there was a central government with a [...]
24
Jan
2020
FCA: Why We Need Whistleblowers . . . and How to Avoid Them
President Abraham Lincoln had had enough. His troops at the front of the bloody Civil War were ill from rancid food, receiving lame mules and horses, faulty rifles and ammunition, all because of unscrupulous contractors to the U.S. government. As a result, Congress passed the False Claims Act (FCA) on 2 March 1863 which they hoped would provide a remedy for such [...]