On July 15, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced the initiation of a Section 301 investigation into Brazil’s trade practices to determine whether certain acts, policies, and practices of the Brazilian...more
7/23/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Brazil ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trade ,
Investigations ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Policy ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
Welcome to the July 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
7/15/2025
/ Compliance ,
Cuba ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Economic Sanctions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Imports ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Trade ,
National Security ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 232 ,
Syria ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies
Welcome to the June 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
Welcome to the May 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
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
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
Following last week’s long-awaited report on the statutory four-year review of the Section 301 tariffs, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) issued a Federal Register notice on the proposed...more
5/24/2024
/ China ,
Clean Energy ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Exclusions ,
Imports ,
Section 301 ,
Semiconductors ,
Solar Energy ,
Tariffs ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
Recent government actions illustrate that US-China trade relations will continue to be a focus as the United States enters an election year. We’ll continue to monitor developments regarding Section 301 tariffs — will they...more
On September 6, 2023, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), the agency responsible for implementing the Section 301 tariffs on imports from China, announced the further extension of 352 exclusions and 77...more
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently implemented mandatory forced labor requirements to participate in the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) and CTPAT Trade Compliance programs.
The previously...more
11/23/2022
/ Code of Conduct ,
Compliance ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Due Diligence ,
Forced Labor ,
NAM ,
Penalties ,
Supply Chain ,
US Trade Policies ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) ,
Withhold Release Orders (WROs)