Episode 369 -- Stepping Into the Enforcement Spotlight -- Customs and Border Patrol and Import Enforcement
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Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: Evasion and Circumvention
Hot Topics in International Trade- The Importer of Record
Wiley’s 10 Key Trade Developments: Trade Remedy Cases
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Hot Topics in International Trade-The Mod Act
Wiley’s Top 10 Trade Developments: Heightened Sanctions and Export Control Enforcement
Episode 309 -- Alex Cotoia on Compliance with the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
Wiley’s 10 Key Trade Developments: China
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Hot Topics in International Trade- A Year in Review (Quickly) with Braumiller Law Group Attorney Brandon French
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FCPA Compliance Report - Virginia Newman on Enhancing UFLPA Compliance: Solutions for Forced Labor Prevention
Braumiller Law Group Help With China Imports
Hot Topics in International Trade: Forced Labor & Customs enforcement
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Hot Topics in International Trade. Prior Disclosures, With Partner Adrienne Braumiller, Braumiller Law Group
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The United States and the Republic of China announced a significant step toward easing longstanding trade tensions, with both nations agreeing to lower a series of tariffs imposed during the ongoing trade dispute. The...more
On May 12, President Trump issued an executive order, “Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Discussions with the People’s Republic of China” (the Order), temporarily lowering reciprocal tariffs on Chinese imports that...more
Potential clarity on reciprocal tariff expectations may be emerging after framework trade deals announced with China and the United Kingdom. On May 12, 2025, the White House issued a Fact Sheet and Executive Order (“EO”)...more
On May 12, the United States and the People’s Republic of China announced a temporary 90-day agreement to roll back some of the reciprocal tariffs increases imposed in April. The agreement decreases the China reciprocal...more
Presidential authority & legal foundations for US tariff policies The legal framework governing tariffs in the US is rooted in the US Constitution, which grants Congress the power to levy tariffs. However, this authority has...more
Some importers are finding, to their surprise, that the Trump Administration’s 25% tariffs on aluminum and steel create an exemption from the 125% tariffs on Chinese goods. The Trump tariff agenda has been complex, to say...more
On May 1st U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“Customs”) issued additional guidance on import duties on certain automobiles through Cargo Systems Messaging Service # 64916414 (the “CSMS”). The CSMS stated the following:...more
On April 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a notice regarding changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) eliminating the Section 321 de minimis exemption for goods from...more
On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation and Alignment”, increasing the reciprocal tariff rates for China to 125%....more
The first quarter of 2025 has reshaped the U.S. trade landscape with a flurry of executive actions by the Trump administration, introducing a new wave of tariffs on imports from almost all U.S. trading partners. The Trump...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
On April 8, 2025, President Trump, acting under the authority of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (“IEEPA”), issued an Executive Order (“EO”) titled “Amendment to Reciprocal Tariffs and Updated Duties...more
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On April 2, 2025, President Trump announced a new 10% global “reciprocal” tariff on U.S. imports from all countries, with higher tariff rates for a large number of countries that range from 11 to 50% ad valorem (the...more
On April 2, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order—Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports—that eliminates, for...more
On April 2, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (“EO”) imposing a 10% universal tariff on imports from all countries (with certain exceptions described below) pursuant to the International Emergency Economic...more
Trade compliance officers are scrambling — they knew change was afoot but no one expected the speed and wide scope of upheaval in the trade arena. One day presents potential changes with serious ramifications....more
On March 4, 2025 and March 7, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) implemented five Presidential Executive Orders governing imports from China, Hong Kong, Canada, and Mexico. CBP is now collecting the following...more
In our earlier alert, we discussed the Trump administration’s February 1, 2025 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)-based Executive Orders (EO), implementing new tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, in reaction...more
On March 3, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Customs) issued two notices providing guidance on the implementation of the previously announced tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico. The notices also provide the...more
The value of goods imported to the United States in Fiscal Year 2024 was $893.15 billion, and as a result, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) collected $24.37 billion in duties, taxes and fees for those imports. Given...more
E-commerce platforms and others could face significant challenges due to recent and proposed changes to de minimis entry (the process for importing products without tariffs and with simplified customs procedures if the total...more
In an unprecedented and highly fluid series of US trade announcements emanating from Washington, DC, the latest Executive Orders (EOs) announced this past Friday and this week’s EO on steel imports did little to calm c-suite...more
If you have a company that imports chemicals – whether they are used as raw materials or components for onward manufacturing, or finished goods containing chemical components – you have been facing significant challenges over...more
Following President Trump’s removal of the de minimis exemption earlier this week, on Friday, February 7, 2025, President Trump issued an amendment to his original Executive Order and temporarily reinstated the exemption...more