Daily Compliance News: April 24, 2025, The Made in Malaysia Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 22, 2025, The Upping Your Game Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: The Role of Supply Chain and Compliance in Tariffs
Compliance Tip of the Day: Essential Economic Data for Navigating Tariffs
Compliance Tip of the Day: Role of Compliance in Upcoming Trade Wars
Tariffs and Trade Series: Effects on Agriculture Operations and Markets
Tit For Tat US China Trade War
Compliance Tip of the Day: Navigating Uncertainty During Trump’s Tariffs
Daily Compliance News: April 14, 2025, The Cascade of Corruption Edition
Episode 364 -- Five Strategies to Mitigate a New Risk Environment
Sunday Book Review: April 13, 2025, The Books on Trade and Tariffs Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending April 12, 2025
Daily Compliance News: April 11, 2025 The Tariff Rollback Edition
Are We Having Fun Yet?
Emerging Risks & Opportunities: Navigating Environmental & Sustainability Regulations During the First 100 Days
First 60 Days of the Trump Administration: Food and Agriculture Policy
You've got Questions
Episode 358 - Ethics and Compliance Trends for 2025: Is Your Company Prepared?
U.S. Introduces “Fair and Reciprocal Plan,” Marking Significant and Impactful Shift in Trade Policy
False Claims Act Insights - How Tariffs Can Increase Whistleblower Activity and Associated FCA Liability
On April 2, 2025, the Trump administration imposed one of the largest set of tariffs in U.S. history, dubbed “Liberation Day.” These so-called reciprocal tariffs are another step in the administration’s broad imposition of...more
Just after midnight on March 4, 2025, President Donald Trump began to implement new tariffs on goods imported from Mexico, Canada, and China – the three largest trading partners of the US, accounting for over 40 percent of US...more
Tuesday, President Trump announced the implementation of new tariffs targeting imports from Canada, Mexico, and China, making good on his promise last month in the event measures were not taken by these countries to stem the...more
As of March 12, 2025, this order: Terminates the alternative arrangements under Section 232 for exempt countries (Argentina, Australia, Mexico, Canada, the EU, and the UK)....more
Recent announcements by former U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the potential imposition of import duties on goods from Mexico have created uncertainty for many companies dealing with the IMMEX program.Trump first...more
Trump says he’ll impose 25% tariffs on steel, aluminum. News broke on Sunday that President Trump decided to impose 25% duties on steel and aluminum from all countries, sending companies scrambling to assess the potential...more
On February 1, 2025, President Trump imposed 25% tariffs on most imports from Canada and Mexico, as well as 10% tariffs on Canadian energy products and imports from China. The primary immediate impact of the new tariffs will...more
In this continued era of protectionist and mercantilist trade policies arising from the United States, there are strategies that can be carefully evaluated and pursued to maximize Customs duty savings when importing. This...more
Punctuation matters. I’ve always remembered a poster on the wall of a co-worker’s office—this was back in the 80s—that showed baby seals dancing at a disco under a four-word caption: STOP CLUBBING, BABY SEALS. The poster...more
In today’s complex global marketplace, businesses are increasingly confronted with the challenges of supply chain disruptions, rising costs, and fierce competition—all exacerbated by trade remedy tariffs. While many of these...more
President-elect Donald Trump has made several recent statements concerning his intention to exercise his authority as President to raise tariffs unilaterally on goods from China, from Mexico and Canada (Washinton Post,...more
US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) Headquarters ruling H327577 of May 8, 2024 dealt with an unusual set of circumstances and produced some unusual results. The ruling involved a plant fertilizer product sold under the...more
On April 22, Mexico increased import duties to 544 tariff lines ranging between 5% and 50%. The increase will be enforced for two years, ending in April 2026....more
The "Decree amending the Tariff of the Law on General Import and Export Taxes" was published on April 22, 2024, by Mexico’s Ministry of Economy in the Official Gazette of the Federation. The following points from this decree...more
Last June (2023), in response to a ruling request from Your Special Delivery Services Specialty Logistics (YSDS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued HQ H324098, clarifying what it means to be an “owner or purchaser”...more
The Electric Mobility industry is on track for another exciting year. However, current and forthcoming US agency regulations continue to inject confusion and costs in critical supply decisions, for which legal tools can...more
Achieving the nation’s climate targets will require access to raw materials and components along the clean energy and technology supply chains at competitive costs. Currently in the US, these supply chains rely heavily on...more
There are new tariff classifications for machinery under Chapter 84 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”). The changes to Chapter 84, as well as many other areas of the HTSUS, took effect on January...more
Key Takeaways: • Threatened 25% tariffs on French luxury goods are suspended. • USTR is still looking at tariffs in retaliation for taxes on U.S. global tech companies. • Biden’s new USTR will face immense pressure to...more
On July 10, 2020, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it would impose a 25 percent additional duty on certain cosmetics, soaps and cleansing products, and handbags that are products of France, valued at $1.3...more
On April 19, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the rollout of a 90-day duty deferral program for importers experiencing significant financial hardship. The temporary relief is limited in scope because it does...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
Throughout his presidency, President Trump has used tariffs – and the threat of tariffs – to address an unprecedented variety of economic and national security threats. As if to underscore the point, on December 2, 2019, the...more
The INCOTERMS published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) have long served the international community by offering a “shorthand” for communicating key shipping terms. INCOTERMS are so ubiquitous in international...more