© [2019], Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A. Originally published in the [03/13/2019] issue of the Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report. Reprinted by permission. The president’s authority to unilaterally withdraw the U.S. from NAFTA under U.S. law is unclear, according to a new report from…

© [2019], Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A. Originally published in the [03/06/2019] issue of the Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report. Reprinted by permission. U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently posted on its website the following updated schedule for deployment of additional functionality within the…

The Trump administration plans to continue its tough trade policies in 2019 but also intends to pursue several high-profile trade liberalization initiatives, according to the administration’s third annual trade policy agenda. The 2019 agenda claims that the Trump administration inherited a “deeply flawed global trading…

Comments on the proposed revision and/or extension of the following information collections are due by the dates indicated. Department of Agriculture – forms PPQ 505 and 505B, Lacey Act declaration requirement for plants and plant products (comments due by March 29) Department of Justice –…

An additional tariff on $200 billion worth of imports from China will remain at 10 percent “until further notice,” according to a notice from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative expected to be published soon in the Federal Register. However, the delay has not…

President Trump said Feb. 24 that he will postpone the scheduled March 2 increase in tariffs on $200 billion worth of imports from China in light of what he called “substantial progress … on important structural issues” in bilateral trade talks. Once this change is…

This is a reminder that the transition period for core drawback under Part 191 of the Regulations ended February 24, 2019. As of now, claimants can only file under Part 190 of the Regulations, the recently published Final Rule implementing the TFTEA drawback amendments. In…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection states that the Automated Commercial Environment deployment originally scheduled for Feb. 9 has been rescheduled for March 16. This deployment includes automation of CBP Form 5106 (click here for more information) and unique identifiers for Centers of Excellence and Expertise. Additional…

The Foreign-Trade Zones Board has received from the City of San Jose, grantee of FTZ 18, a request for expanded subzone status for the Tesla Inc. facilities in Livermore, Calif. Because some of the sites of the proposed expanded subzone are outside FTZ 18’s alternative…

The increased tariffs the U.S. and China are imposing on each other’s products are not likely to be very effective in protecting domestic companies and instead will mostly divert trade to other countries, according to a new study from the United Nations Conference on Trade…