HTS provision 9801.0085 is a provision for tools of trade and provides duty free treatment for qualifying articles - regardless of origin. It can save a company time and duty but can also land them in trouble. There are no...more
Following Brexit, the UK Government has been exercising its new-found sovereignty by entering into international treaties. Many of these treaties concern the UK’s trading relationships (e.g. customs agreements with Japan, New...more
Congressional appropriations serve as a potent tool to guide administrative actions in commerce and trade Before departing in the final days of 2019, Congress passed a bipartisan spending package amounting to US$1.4...more
• The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), pursuant to Section 131 of the Trade Act of 1974, has requested the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) to obtain public comment pertaining to the possibility of a...more
The European Parliament became the most recent body to ratify an expansion of the expanded World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA). The deal had previously been committed to and signed by the EU,...more
The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), a unilateral U.S. preferential trade program recently renewed by Congress, offers substantial duty savings for U.S. importers of qualifying merchandise. The GSP is intended to aid...more