The European Commission has launched a consultation to help shape the next Generalised Scheme of Preferences ("GSP") from 2024. Stakeholders have until 3 June 2020 to comment....more
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has announced a hearing date and related deadlines for review of certain countries’ ongoing eligibility under the United States’ Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)...more
In a sudden announcement after 8pm on Friday May 31, 2019, the President made the anticipated decision that India was to be removed from the Generalized System of Preferences (“GSP”), effective June 5, 2019. The statement...more
On Monday, March 4th, President Trump announced that India and Turkey will no longer benefit from the United States’ Generalized System of Preferences (“GSP”) program. The GSP program, established by the Trade Act of 1974,...more
At the direction of President Trump, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) has announced the United States’ intent to withdraw beneficiary status from India and Turkey under the U.S. Generalized System of...more
EU Customs Policy - Amendments to the UCC and related legislation - Key developments relating to proposed and adopted amendments to the Union Customs Code (UCC) in 2018include the following: In March 2018, the...more
On April 12, 2018 the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced it was self-initiating a review to assess India’s eligibility to continue to be treated as a beneficiary country under the U.S. Generalized System of...more
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it will conduct a review to determine if India, Indonesia and Kazakhstan are meeting the eligibility criteria of the Generalized System of Preferences...more
U.S. Department Of Commerce Releases Reports And Recommendations In Steel, Aluminum National Security Investigation - On February 16, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) released its reports and recommendations to...more
White House Issues National Infrastructure Initiative - On February 12, 2018, President Trump announced the American Infrastructure Initiative. This is a legislative agenda with six core principles...more
Commerce Extends Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis System - On January 5, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced the extension of the Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) system until March 21, 2022....more
Deadline for Submitting Comments on Evasion Regulations Extended - On August 22, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published an Interim Final Rule proposing regulations to implement Trade Facilitation and Trade...more
It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes: an announcement by the International Criminal Court regarding the...more
USTR Issues Report on China’s Implementation of WTO Agreements - The office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) recently issued an annual report on China’s implementation of its obligations under the World...more
Little Used House Procedure Saves the Ex-Im Bank - Who would have guessed that congressional supporters of the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) would have used a House procedure established over 100 years ago, and not used...more
GSP Program Review Results in Changes to Covered Products and Countries - In late September, the Office of the United States Trade Representative announced the outcome of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)...more
In the last two months, Governor Brown has signed several bills into law, amending the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA or the Act). Two bills, Assembly Bill 1390 and Senate Bill 226, addressed the specifics...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
Congress has recently passed the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, which renewed the Generalized System of Preferences, the U.S. trade program that promotes economic growth in the developing world, allowing for nearly...more
In This Issue: - Update on Trade Promotion Authority and Companion Trade Bills: A Lot Can Happen In Washington In 34 Days - Congress Allows Export-Import Bank Charter to Expire, for Now - WTO Finds That COOL Is...more
On May 14, the Senate passed customs reauthorization trade preference legislation and gave an affirmative cloture vote for the Trade Promotion Authority Act and the Trade Adjustment Assistance program. As part of a...more
In 2014, for the first time in its 164-year history, California enacted a law that comprehensively regulates the extraction and use of the state’s groundwater. This legislative action came against the dramatic backdrop of...more
Ambassador Michael Froman, the United States Trade Representative, was the witness at hearings last week by the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee on “President Obama’s 2015 Trade Policy Agenda.” In...more
In This Issue: - American Manufacturers See Increase In Orders - Ways And Means Conducts Hearing On Trade With Brazil - GAO Publishes Study On Counterfeit And Pirated Goods - News Of Note: ..China Issues...more