In this new trade landscape, it is more important than ever to coordinate customs and operational planning with income taxes and transfer pricing....more
5/22/2025
/ Customs ,
First Sale Doctrine ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Relations ,
Goods or Services ,
Imports ,
Income Taxes ,
Inventory ,
Retail Market ,
Risk Management ,
Suppliers ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Transfer Pricing ,
Trump Administration
Court orders agency to provide better explanation for List 3 and List 4A by June 30, 2022.
On April 1, 2022, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade issued an opinion in a test case for more than...more
The Office of the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") is seeking comments on the possible reinstatement of Section 301 tariff exclusions on 549 Chinese-origin products. The Office of the United States Trade...more
10/29/2021
/ China ,
Comment Period ,
Exclusions ,
Imports ,
International Harmonization ,
Section 301 ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
Interested parties may apply until June 25, 2020, regardless of whether the product is already subject to a separate exclusion request that is pending or has previously been denied.
As part of the U.S. government's ongoing...more
The Situation: The Trump administration announced new tariffs on imports of certain derivative, or "downstream," steel and aluminum articles with exemptions for certain countries. These tariffs are in addition to the existing...more
2/12/2020
/ Aluminum Sales ,
Imports ,
National Security ,
Presidential Proclamations ,
Section 232 ,
Steel Industry ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US Trade Policies
The Situation: The U.S. government is revisiting whether to maintain or impose up to 100% additional tariffs on certain goods originating in the European Union following the World Trade Organization's ("WTO") recent findings...more
12/16/2019
/ Aircraft ,
Aircraft Financing ,
Comment Period ,
EU ,
International Arbitration ,
Investigations ,
Public Comment ,
Public Hearing ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
USTR ,
WTO
The Situation: The Office of the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") determined that France's digital services tax ("DST") unreasonably burdens or restricts U.S. commerce, particularly U.S. technology...more
12/13/2019
/ Comment Period ,
Digital Services ,
Digital Taxes ,
France ,
Government Investigations ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Public Comment ,
Public Hearing ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
The Situation: Recent reports indicate that the United States and China may soon reach an initial, limited trade deal that could involve the United States phasing out some existing tariffs on Chinese-origin goods while...more
11/25/2019
/ China ,
Imports ,
Requests for Exclusion ,
Section 301 ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
The Situation: In response to events in Syria and in the face of strong Congressional pressure to act, President Trump introduced sanctions targeting Turkey.
The Result: Although the President indicated that a ceasefire...more
10/25/2019
/ Blocked Person ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Financial Institutions (FFI) ,
General Licenses ,
Human Rights ,
Member State ,
NATO ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Secondary Sanctions ,
Steel Industry ,
Syria ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration ,
Turkey