The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s annual report to Congress documents numerous challenges in the bilateral trade relationship and concludes that U.S. steps to address those challenges in the past have been insufficient. The report recommends that Congress take a number of actions in…

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative claims in a Nov. 20 report that the Chinese government has not fundamentally altered the unfair, unreasonable, and market-distorting practices that have led to the imposition of additional duties on some $250 billion worth of U.S. imports from…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has released their notional schedule for upcoming Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) deployments from 2019 through 2020. Two items of note are the automation and modernization of CBP Form 5106 input processes via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and ACE that is scheduled for February…

Issues to be addressed in a U.S.-European Union trade agreement are the focus of a new request for public comment by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. A hearing will be held Dec. 14 in Washington, D.C. and written comments are due by Dec….

U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently posted on its website the following tentative schedule for deployment of additional functionality within the Automated Commercial Environment (click here for more information on these developments). – Feb. 9, 2019: create unique identifiers for Centers of Excellence and Expertise…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has provided the following information on submitting imports of products excluded from the Section 232 additional tariffs on steel (25 percent) and aluminum (10 percent) products. CBP Guidance on Submitting Imports of Goods Excluded from Steel/Aluminum Tariffs Importer of Record…

Last week’s congressional elections could result in changes to some aspects of the Trump administration’s trade policies but may not have a significant effect on others. The House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees will each have new leaders, and Ways and Means will…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has set Jan. 25, 2019, as the due date for payment of the annual customs broker user fee, which is currently $144.74. This fee is assessed for each customs broker district and national permit held by an individual, partnership, association,…

More than a dozen major trade associations are protesting a provision in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement that would allow the U.S. to lower the value of imports below which goods may enter duty-free to the levels maintained by Canada and Mexico. The groups said such…