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Gavin Andersen

Gavin Andersen, Associate Attorney at Braumiller Law Group

Gavin Andersen, Associate Attorney at Braumiller Law Group, sits down with Bob Brewer to discuss Gavin’s journey from working as a trade compliance analyst to eventually going to law school and becoming an attorney. They discuss his extensive formal education and the many languages he speaks.

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Believe

What It Means to Believe

Some people believe that the first U.S. moon landing was staged in a Hollywood studio and some people believe the earth is flat. Others believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows. Some people believe shape-shifting lizard people secretly run the world’s governments and media. Some people believe that the U.S. import tariffs are paid by the exporting country, and if that’s true then a brown cow was the first to land on the moon. But this fact was of course hidden from us via shape shifting lizards running the government. Be true to what you believe. At Braumiller Law Group we believe that our focusing on Global Trade Compliance, and no other practice area will make you a believer in our capabilities.

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export compliance

Megan Mohler Discusses Export Compliance

Megan Mohler, Senior Associate Attorney at Braumiller Law Group, sits down with Bob Brewer to discuss the complex landscape of exports, including compliance, sanctions, tariffs and duties, as well as navigating the various agencies in different jurisdictions that oversee exports.

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harmonized tariff schedule

Monkeys and Harmonized Tariff Schedule

If classifying product within the harmonized tariff schedule was so easy that a monkey could do it, where are all those monkey classifiers? Fact is, classifying product correctly takes a certain amount of expertise. There are 21 sections, 96 chapters, 1,228 headings (4 digit codes) and 5,612 sub-headings (6 digit HS codes). Countries like the U.S. expand these 6 digit codes for a more detailed classification and getting it right the first time is essential to ensure that the supply chain is compliant.

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canada lumber tariff

Tariffs on Canadian Lumber

With all that is going on in the world of trade these days it does beg the question: exactly how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? If it’s Canadian wood and it’s being exported to the U.S. it’s getting a 35% tariff and to the U.S. home builders, it’s really chucked up!

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