Welcome to the April 2025 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more
4/11/2025
/ Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Country of Origin ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Forced Labor ,
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) ,
Imports ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Trade ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies
President Trump’s first months in office have been busy, but, in the export control world, we have been grateful for a brief respite from the mind-bending, hundreds-of-pages-long, industry-changing rules that the US...more
Welcome to the November 2024 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more
11/19/2024
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Anti-Dumping Duty ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Canada ,
China ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Court of International Trade ,
Customs ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Enforcement ,
Final Rules ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Forced Labor ,
Foreign Adversaries ,
Importers ,
Information Technology ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Investment ,
Mexico ,
Mexico Supreme Court of Justice ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Semiconductors ,
Tariffs ,
Technology Sector ,
Trade Relations ,
U.S. Treasury ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
USTR ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
Welcome to the October 2024 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more
10/18/2024
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Automotive Industry ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Compliance ,
E-Commerce ,
Fashion Industry ,
Forced Labor ,
Foreign Trade Zones ,
Importers ,
Manufacturers ,
NAFTA ,
Proposed Rules ,
Retailers ,
Russia ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Relations ,
U.S. Customs ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
USTR ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
Welcome to the September 2024 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more
9/17/2024
/ Aluminum Sales ,
Anti-Subsidies ,
Canada ,
Child Labor ,
China ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
ECCNs ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Enforcement ,
Export Controls ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Forced Labor ,
Fraud ,
Imports ,
ITAR ,
Manufacturers ,
Popular ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Section 301 ,
Solar Panels ,
Steel Industry ,
Surtax ,
Tariffs ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) ,
Whistleblowers
Just in case you were starting to get comfortable with last year’s massive raft of regulations on the advanced computing, supercomputer, and semiconductor industries in China, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry...more
On Friday, October 7, 2022, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released an interim final rule containing an enormous set of export controls that will likely damage the Chinese semiconductor, advanced computing, and...more
10/11/2022
/ Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Corporate Counsel ,
ECCNs ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Federal Register ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
License Applications ,
Manufacturers ,
Military End Use ,
MOFCOM ,
Popular ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SDN List ,
Semiconductors ,
Software ,
Technology
Longstanding concerns on Capitol Hill about certain “outbound” activities conducted by U.S. companies and investors, particularly in the technology sector, both in China as well as outside of China with a China nexus, have...more
7/1/2022
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China ,
Defense Production Act ,
Federal Funding ,
Jurisdiction ,
National Security ,
Penalties ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Secrets