The Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) marked its first anniversary last week. The TFA entered into force on February 22, 2017 when the World Trade Organization (WTO) obtained the required two-thirds acceptance from its...more
El Acuerdo sobre Facilitación del Comercio (AFC) entró oficialmente en vigor el 22 de febrero de 2017, después de alcanzar el umbral de 110 miembros de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC), o dos tercios de su...more
The Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) officially went into effect Feb. 22, 2017, after reaching the World Trade Organization (WTO) members' ratification threshold of 110, or two-thirds of the WTO membership. The TFA is now...more
The October blog post will be broken up into two parts. This October 15th post will comment on the TPP Agreement signed today and well as President Xi Jinping’s recent trip to the US and my impressions from Beijing, China...more
On November 27, the General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) adopted a decision to implement the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). The TFA was the centerpiece of the Bali Package, which had been accepted at the...more
In This Issue: - Export-Import Bank Is Reauthorized Through June 2015 - Roadblocks to Bali Package Implementation Remain As Summer Deadline Passes Without A Clear Path Forward - Customs Litigation: Federal...more
It was big news, at least in international trade circles. The World Trade Organization (“WTO”) finalized a Trade Facilitation Agreement (the “Agreement”) at the 9th Ministerial Conference in Bali, Indonesia, on December 7,...more