• A recent judgment of the European Court of Justice for bars the use of intercompany transfer prices for EU imports and EU customs duty purposes if (as is commonly the case) these are subject to retroactive adjustments.
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Earlier this month, The Washington Post reported that Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced that he was reallocating three dozen employees to international mail facilities (IMF), as well as...more
8/15/2017
/ Criminal Investigations ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Safety ,
Foreign Suppliers ,
Forensic Examination ,
IMF ,
Imports ,
Mail ,
Medical Devices ,
Ports ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Screening Procedures
On June 8, 2017, Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) published a final rule that removes the consumptive-demand exception from its regulations that implement the prohibition on the importation of merchandise that has been...more
On March 31, President Trump signed two Executive Orders (EOs) that address trade. The first EO addresses increased enforcement of U.S. trade and customs laws and specifically calls for plans and strategies to combat the...more
4/5/2017
/ Anti-Dumping Duty ,
Counterfeit Goods Regulation ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Exports ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Imports ,
Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act ,
Trade Remedies ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Customs ,
USTR
Congress has enacted new legislation, the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016 (H.R. 4923), which offers a unique opportunity for U.S. companies whose imported goods require the payment of tariffs (i.e., normal...more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published a final rule on September 18, 2015, that implements procedures for sharing information about imported merchandise with trademark owners for purposes of determining whether...more