Late on Friday, May 31, the United States announced the removal of India from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program effective Wednesday, June 5, 2019. The United States launched an eligibility review of India’s compliance with the GSP market access criterion back in April 2018. According to the USTR, [...]
Citing frustrations over illegal immigration, the U.S. President announced in a White House statement on Thursday, May 30, that the United States will implement a 5% tariff on all goods imported from Mexico beginning June 10. The message also places evaluation of the effectiveness of Mexico’s action to alleviate the [...]
It’s been almost a year since U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the beginning of new security measured for airfreight cargo. The Air Cargo Advanced Screening program (ACAS) was created to address “ongoing aviation security threats” by enhancing the security of the aircraft and passengers on U.S.-bound flights by enabling [...]
On Thursday, May 30th at 8:00 AM, the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) intends to lockout dockworkers from its West Coast ports, such as Vancouver and Prince Rupert. The action is the result of on-going labor contract negotiations with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union of Canada (ILWU Canada) that [...]
On Friday, May 24th, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Theresa May, announced the decision to resign as leader of the Conservative Party and as Britain’s leader after failing to win support for plans to withdraw from the European Union. May’s announcement comes after proposing to the House of Commons the [...]
In an effort to advance Congressional approval of a new North American trade deal, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the United States and Canada have agreed to eliminate steel and aluminum tariffs spurred by Section 232 investigations almost a year ago. In a joint statement issued Friday, May 17, 2019, [...]
Effective May 17, 2019, the designation of Turkey as a beneficiary developing country was terminated in a White House proclamation posted the evening of May 16th. No longer protected by the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), Turkey products are now subject to safeguard tariffs for goods such as solar cells [...]
After a series of severe weather-related disruptions beginning in 2018, importers and exporters have begun focusing on the unpredictable impact extreme weather conditions can wreak on international supply chain trade flows. Natural disasters are one of a supply chains’ greatest vulnerabilities, unpredictably stalling commercial progress. For ill-prepared shippers, these weather [...]
Just as shippers hoped the trade dispute between China and the United States was coming close to a deal, issues during the negotiations have re-ignited tensions culminating in new tariffs on both sides of the Pacific. MAY 10, 25% DUTIES ON LIST 3 Last week, the Office of the U.S. [...]
Acting on threats from earlier this week, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) officially posted a notice of modification in the Federal Register increasing duties on $200 billion worth of goods from China, also referred to as List 3, from 10 percent to 25 percent. But new language [...]
