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Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

The Hidden Impact of Tariffs: Why Brands Must Strengthen Online Enforcement Efforts

In today’s volatile global trade environment, tariffs have become a double-edged sword for brands. Intended to protect domestic industries, tariffs often lead to unintended consequences that pose significant challenges for...more

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Postal and De Minimis Tariff Changes Coming - New Trump' 47 Rules

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Postal and de minims imports are ground zero for e-commerce, drug interdiction, customs duty evasion, and the geopolitical tensions between the United States and China. This type of international traffic lies squarely at the...more

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The Top 10 Legal Issues for CFOs and GCs of Fashion and Retail Companies

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In 2025, the retail and fashion industries are bracing for a transformative year, heavily influenced by the policies of the new Trump Administration. These policies promise rapid and significant changes, particularly in areas...more

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United States Begins to Restrain Cross-Border E-commerce

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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

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As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns: December 2024

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Welcome to the December 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

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Administration Action Could Unravel the De Minimis Exception for Goods From China

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Many e-commerce retailers are closely monitoring increasing bipartisan criticism of the Section 321 de minimis program. This program, which provides an exemption for goods valued at $800 or less destined to a single person on...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - April 2024 - Maximizing Duty Savings Series –Section 321 Duty Exemptions or De Minimis...

Welcome to the second installment in our series on duty-saving strategies. After discussing the utilization of Foreign Trade Zones and Bonded Warehouses in our previous article, we now turn to Section 321, a topic of...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - April 2024 - De Minimis An Ever-Growing Problem of De Maximus Proportion

From Wikipedia: De minimis is a Latin expression meaning “pertaining to minimal things”, normally in the terms de minimis non curat praetor. (“The praetor does not concern himself with trifles”) or de minimis non curat lex...more

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WTO Extends E-Commerce Tariff Moratorium as Broader Negotiations Continue

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The World Trade Organization’s (“WTO”) 13th Ministerial Conference (“MC13”) has extended the e-commerce customs duty moratorium for another two years, providing another short reprieve for digital services companies from the...more

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RCEP: What does it mean for future Asia-Pacific trade and U.S. companies operating in the region?

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After eight years of back-and-forth negotiations, Asia’s Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership on Trade (RCEP), the world’s largest regional trade agreement, was signed in an online ceremony on 15 November 2020....more

Holland & Knight LLP

Transportation, Trade and CBP: Looking Ahead to the Biden Era

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Few U.S. government agencies spent more time in the spotlight during the four years of the Trump Administration than U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) – the component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...more

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The Impact of COVID-19 and Accelerated Growth of E-commerce on Gray Market Sales

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COVID-19 has impacted almost every aspect of society—our lives, our jobs, and our businesses. In addition to dominating decisions relating to consumer spending and purchasing, COVID-19 has created surpluses of goods,...more

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RCEP – bigger, but is it better? Taking Stock of Asia's new free trade agreement

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After eight years of negotiation, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership on Trade (RCEP), the world's largest regional trade agreement, was signed in an online ceremony on 15 November 2020. The trade deal lowers...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 10.14.2020 | Top Story: WTO Allows EU to Impose $4B in Tariffs Over U.S. Boeing Subsidies

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The WTO—already on shaky ground with the White House—did little to endear itself on Tuesday with a decision giving the EU “permission to impose tariffs on $4 billion worth of American products annually in retaliation for...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.30.2020 | Top Story: JPMorgan Reaches $920M Settlement with Feds Over Spoofing Allegations

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Under the terms of a deal with the DOJ announced this week, JPMorgan will pay $920 million and sign on to a deferred prosecution agreement “to resolve charges that it had manipulated markets for U.S. government bonds and...more

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Doing Business in the UK: Consumer Sector 2020

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The UK’s consumer sector has shown resilience against the backdrop of challenging political and economic conditions. Consumers in the UK remain willing to spend; however, the way in which they do so is changing, with...more

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IP Protection in the US–China Trade Deal

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The US–China trade deal signed on January 15 aims to strengthen intellectual property protection for US intellectual property holders....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 10.24.2019 | Top Story: Lawmakers Grill Zuckerberg on Libra and Political Ads

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We didn’t get flop sweat Zuck, but it was still a hot seat indeed for Facebook’s founder and CEO on the Hill yesterday, who fielded a wide range of questions from Libra to political freedom of expression on his platform....more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.18.2019 | Top Story: Unpacking the UK/EU Brexit Deal and Its Rocky Road Ahead in Parliament

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Details are trickling in on the tentative Brexit agreement reached between UK and EU negotiators this week, just 14 days ahead of the Halloween departure deadline.  A massive sticking point here remains the British...more

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Financial Daily Dose 7.22.2019 | Top Story: Equifax Nears $700 million Settlement Over Privacy Breach

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Credit bureau Equifax is closing in on an agreement with federal and state authorities in which it would pay $650-700 million to resolve claims related to the massive breach it revealed in September 2017 that exposed personal...more

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French Parliament Passes GAFA Tax

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On July 11, 2019, the French Parliament adopted the bill creating a tax on digital services, applicable as from January 1, 2019. Failed International Attempts - The desire to adjust tax policy in the digital age is not...more

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Financial Daily Dose 7.16.2019 | Top Story: Regulators Raise National Security Concerns About Facebook’s Libra Crypto

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is the latest prominent government official to express concerns about Facebook’s coming Libra launch. Speaking at a briefing yesterday, Mnuchin focused on national security issues related to...more

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All Eyes on G-20 as Additional Tariffs Loom

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Last week, Bloomberg reported that Toys “R” Us is in the early stages of a comeback, led by former executive and Tru Kids Inc. CEO Richard Barry, with designs on opening about a half-dozen stores in time for the 2019 holiday...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.15.2019 | Top Story: Disney to Assume Full Control of Hulu

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Disney will take total control of the TV and movie streaming service Hulu after forking over at least $5.8 billion to buy out last remaining partner, Comcast. That price won’t be determined for a while, though, as the sale...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Dietary Supplements – Insights on the Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Challenges – June 18th-19th, New York, NY

This in-depth two day event will help you prepare for “one of the most significant modernizations of dietary supplement regulation and oversight in more than 25 years. We will explore the FDA’s plans for the industry, as...more

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