As Chinese negotiators prepare to visit the United States this week for what is supposed to be the final round of trade talks, two ominous messages have U.S. shippers on alert. On Sunday, May 5, 2019, the United States President, Donald Trump, posted threats to increase the existing 10% tariffs [...]
On May 1, 2019, the Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the initiation of antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations on imports of ceramic tile from the People’s Republic of China. Dumping occurs when a foreign company sells a product in the United States at less than its fair [...]
On Monday, April 8, 2019, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced that it will begin yet another round of Section 301 retaliatory tariffs, this time, aimed at an ongoing dispute with the European Union (EU) and the subsidization of Airbus, one of the two leading providers of [...]
On March 22, the TSCA Title VI import certification requirement that applies to composite wood products (panels of hardwood plywood, particleboard, medium density fiberboard, thin-medium density fiberboard, etc.,) component parts containing such composite wood products, and finished goods containing such composite wood products that are imported into the U.S. goes [...]
Needless to say, the transportation industry has experienced its share of strain over the past two years. Everything from China trade tariff impacts, trucking hours-of-service changes, equipment and chassis allocation, carrier agreements, mega-vessel deliveries, and even weather has had a significant impact on America’s ports. Chassis shortages and mega-vessel deliveries [...]
Published to the Federal Register on March 5, 2019, the President directed the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to modify the action taken in Section 301 investigations by “postponing the date on which the rate of the additional duties will increase to 25 percent for the products of China covered by [...]
Effective March 15, 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is ending its delayed enforcement period for ISF-5 type violations and will begin issuing liquidated damage claims. Back in April of 2018, CBP published a rule (effective May 14, 2018) expanding the definition of Importer Security Filing (ISF) Importer for certain [...]
On Monday, March 4, 2019, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Robert Lighthizer, announced that the United States determined India and Turkey no longer comply with the eligibility criteria as beneficiary developing countries under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). Under the United States GSP program, certain products can enter the [...]
“.... productive talks, I will be delaying the U.S. increase in tariffs now scheduled for March 1. Assuming both sides make additional progress, we will be planning a Summit for President Xi and myself, at Mar-a-Lago, to conclude an agreement. A very good weekend for U.S. & China!” Tweeted by [...]
The U.S.-China trade dispute has seeped into 2019 and shippers are watching closely as the March 1st tariff deadline approaches. Back in December, the United States and China called a 90-day truce on the escalating tariff war as the two economic powerhouses negotiated on a range of trade issues spurred by [...]
