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REIGNCORE: The USMCA has been Ratified!

Bob Brewer February 7, 2020

One of the many improvements from NAFTA in the newly-ratified United States Mexico Canada Agreement (“USMCA”), is the added ability of your business to directly engage in an ongoing dialogue with a permanently established USMCA committee, whose express purpose is to work with businesses in order to clarify terms of control of the USMCA as well as improve the implementation of this brand new tripartite trade agreement.

Airbus SE Export Settlement Agreement: What can be learned from their mistakes?

Christos Linardakis February 7, 2020

I’m sure by now, you’ve read, or at least heard of, the Airbus SE multi-billion dollar settlement with U.S., French and UK authorities, for FCPA and Export violations—the largest penalty that I can recall in my 30+ years in international trade! Although, I’ve had extensive experience in anti-bribery and anti-corruption (ABAC) matters…

Ambitious Free Trade in 2020 and the African Continent

Bob Brewer February 7, 2020

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a free trade area, outlined in the African Continental Free Trade Agreement among 54 of the 55 African Union nations. The free-trade area is the largest in the world in terms of participating countries since the formation of the World Trade Organization. Nigeria and Benin were the hold outs until July of 2019.

Classification: A Necessary Evil or Helpful Tool?

Bonnie Kersch February 7, 2020

Determining the correct classification of goods is arguably paramount to any good trade compliance program. However, many companies misclassify their goods at an astonishing rate. While this may be good for business for trade compliance consultants like myself, it isn’t good when it comes time for our client’s Customs audits.

Department of Homeland Security Announces Actions to Combat E-Commerce Counterfeiting

Paul Fudacz February 7, 2020

S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data shows that between the years 2000 and 2018, seizures of counterfeit goods at U.S. borders have increased 10-fold, from 3,244 seizures per year to 33,810. In response to this surge, in April of last year, the Trump Administration published its Memorandum on Combating Trafficking in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods…

Updated VSD Policies: How Could this Affect you?

Jennifer Horvath February 7, 2020

While the United States Trade Representative is currently inundated with Section 301 exclusion requests, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Security Division’s (NSD) recent update could be encouraging an influx of voluntary self-disclosures (VSDs) to the U.S. export agencies and the DOJ in the near future.

Japan-US Free Trade Agreement – Not All it Appears to Be

Bruce Leeds February 7, 2020

On Jan. 1, 2020 the Japan-United States Free Trade Agreement went into effect. The agreement provides duty-free, or reduced duty treatment, for certain Japanese imports into the U.S. and certain U.S. exports to Japan. The implementation details were printed in the Federal Register on Dec. 30, 2019 (84 FR 72187).

Emerging Technologies Rule-making is Upon Us!

Adrienne Braumiller February 7, 2020

On January 6, 2020, BIS published an interim final rule adding “software specially designed to automate the analysis of geospatial imagery” to the EAR and requiring a license to export and reexport such items to all countries, with the exception of Canada. This rule classifies “software specially designed to automate the analysis of geospatial imagery”

Incoterms 2020 – What to Expect

Bonnie Kersch June 6, 2019

Incoterms are rules issued by the International Chamber of Commerce that facilitate global trade and are updated every ten years or so in an effort to keep up with the changes that take place in international trade. The current version is Incoterms 2010, but a new version, Incoterms 2020, is expected to be released in the last quarter of 2019 and will take effect on January 1, 2020.

News Articles

REIGNCORE: The USMCA has been Ratified!

Airbus SE Export Settlement Agreement: What can be learned from their mistakes?

Ambitious Free Trade in 2020 and the African Continent

Classification: A Necessary Evil or Helpful Tool?

Department of Homeland Security Announces Actions to Combat E-Commerce Counterfeiting

Updated VSD Policies: How Could this Affect you?

Japan-US Free Trade Agreement – Not All it Appears to Be

Emerging Technologies Rule-making is Upon Us!

Incoterms 2020 – What to Expect

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