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WorldSmart: The Impact of Export Control and Economic Sanctions on International Business
In this WorldSmart podcast, International Trade & Investment Practice Leader Kay Georgi discusses the current and future issues of export controls and economic sanctions, with International Group Co-Chairs Hunter Carter and...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently opened an application portal for a Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) for fiscal year 2022. Through a voluntary, fee-based model, VQIP provides participating...more
Under the TFTEA, CBP has taken an increasingly enforcement-minded posture to prevent and penalize the importation of goods produced using forced labor into the United States. On August 13, 2020, CBP announced that it had...more
As a follow-up to our client alert of April 23, 2020, here we provide: (i) a reminder of the opportunity for eligible importers to defer certain import duties, taxes and fees; and (ii) provide additional guidance on the...more
Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 9 (April 30, 2020) - Following the April 18 executive order, National Emergency Authority to Temporarily Extend Deadlines for Certain Estimated Payments, the Secretary of the...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound economic and political effects over the past several months. Increasingly, those effects have led a number of US policymakers, US allies, and others to question certain US sanctions...more
The COVID-19 crisis has dealt a devastating blow to the whole economy, and it has hit the retail industry particularly hard. With widespread stay-at-home orders and closure of physical stores, many retailers have been forced...more
President Trump issued an Executive Order on April 19, 2020, authorizing the Secretary of Treasury to temporarily extend deadlines for the payment of deposits of certain estimated import duties, taxes and fees for importers...more
Some U.S. importers may be able to defer payment of certain U.S. import tariffs by 90 days under a temporary final rule (“Tariff Deferral Rule”) published on April 22 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) and the U.S....more
As of Monday, April 20, 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in connection with the Department of the Treasury, temporarily postponed for 90 calendar days the deadline for deposits of certain estimated duties,...more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed in an April 22, 2020 Federal Register notice the temporary postponement of the deadline for payment by COVID-19 affected importers of record of deposits of certain estimated...more
Effective yesterday, the US government is making available a temporary 90-day postponement of certain import payment deadlines for companies and individuals experiencing “significant financial hardship” due to the economic...more
On April 19, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order (E.O.) on “National Emergency Authority to Temporarily Extend Deadlines for Certain Estimated Payments” directing the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation...more
Effective immediately, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is amending the CBP regulations to permit importers to temporarily postpone the deposit of certain estimated duties, taxes and fees. Ordinarily, those estimated...more
On April 18, 2020, President Trump signed an Executive Order providing additional economic support for U.S. businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Executive Order gave the Treasury Department the authority to implement...more
In response to growing calls of concern from the business community, Members of Congress and even from some within the Administration, President Trump issued an Executive Order on April 19 authorizing temporary relief of the...more
Benesch advised on March 21 that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) was examining emergency measures to allow for the deferral of customs duty payments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 19 the White House...more
Importers that can demonstrate "significant financial hardship" resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic may benefit from President Trump's April 18 Executive Order, which authorizes the Treasury Department to grant importers an...more
The administration and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently announced a narrow 90-day duty deferral option to help companies cope with the economic effects of COVID-19. Apparently the push from members of...more
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced it will begin requesting that importers send the agency records required under the Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP)...more
U.S. lawmakers of both parties in the House and the Senate, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), have urged the Trump Administration to suspend tariff...more
Unexpectedly, on March 26, 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) message announcing that it will no longer accept requests from importers to defer payment of duties on...more
On March 20, 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced a program whereby U.S. importers may request additional days for payment of estimated duties, taxes and fees due to the severity of the Novel Coronavirus...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused tremendous displacement in the world’s economy. The international supply chain, particularly from China, but now including other parts of the world, has experienced significant impacts. Many...more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued bulletin CSMS #42097586 on March 20, 2020, advising that payment of import duties may be deferred under certain circumstances due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Specifically,...more