By: Joaquin Pampin-Galan, U.S. Customs and International Trade Paralegal/Spain Attorney, Braumiller Law Group Free Trade Zones (“FTZ”) are being introduced into the United Kingdom (“UK”) as
By: James R. Holbein, Of Counsel, Braumiller Law Group Introduction: Blockchain is a transformative new technology, like artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, machine learning and
Attorney Sarah Wirskye, Wirskye Law Firm, BLG Alliance In United States v. Nora, 18-31078 (5th Cir. Feb. 24, 2021), the Fifth Circuit reversed a conviction and 40-month
By Brandon French, Associate Attorney, BLG On March 18, 2021, the Vice President, Kamala Harris, appointed Katherine Tai as the United States Trade Representative (USTR).
Originally published in the June 2020 issue of the Global Trade and Customs Journal. Read the entire article here.
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What is a Digital Services Tax (DST)? A DST is a tax on revenue a company generates from digital services provided to customers in different countries. The services include advertising, data transfer and online selling.
On November 15, 2020, after 8 years of negotiations, one of the largest Free Trade Agreements in the world was signed. It is the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
A March 1st decision out of the CIT has caused a stir in the global trade industry because of the CIT opinion’s apparent uncertainty of the applicability of the “first sale” rule in transactions with non-market economy manufacturers and the broader implications of that uncertainty.
There are reasons to be optimistic about the economies of the world bouncing back from the pandemic in 2021, and at the same time, the major push to restock the world’s supply of goods has been met with a variety of problems.
One would think, if from another planet, or part of the world that is sheltered completely from global information on economies, that a crisis like a worldwide pandemic could bring two superpowers together in battle to fight a common enemy.
Exporting to Russia is already a challenge. There are OFAC sanctions arising out of the Ukraine/Crimea situation, Military End User controls, and the usual export licensing requirements.
The U.S. sanctions and export controls is complex and can be easy to overlook certain fundamental considerations with respect to restriction.
On December 24, 2020, the United Kingdom (“UK”) and the European Union (“EU”) concluded the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (“TCA”) which came into force on January 1, 2021. While the UK was in the EU, trade between the two blocs was governed by the EU’s Single Market and Customs Union rules
This article seeks to assist potential users of the provisions of the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) to understand the multiple layers of review required for an issue to wend its way through the environmental review bodies.
By Jim Holbein, Of Counsel, Braumiller Law Group
This article describes how digitization of information and development of new tools and equipment is expanding to improve efficiency, productivity, safety and almost every aspect of the movement of goods.
With a new administration comes the regulatory freeze announcement and its potential impact on organizations and their strategic planning. Issuing a freeze is so common that the communications almost appear boilerplate. President Biden made interesting changes, however, in comparison to past presidents.
On December 2nd, the House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that may ultimately cause Chinese companies to be delisted from the U.S. stock exchange. The purpose of the bill is to allow U.S. accounting regulators to audit Chinese companies that are traded on the U.S. stock exchange.
SME’s are small and medium-sized enterprises that make-up the backbone of world trade and growth.
Amazon is a good representation of what SME’s can accomplish in a well-orchestrated partnership.
Customs authorities may investigate companies´ compliance with the customs procedures and rules of origin and initiate a new origin verification proceeding against those that used a NAFTA Certificate within a 5 year retroactive period.
Braumiller Law is a certified women owned business enterprise and part of WBENC (Women’s Business Enterprise National Council)
Red Pill or Blue Pill for what ails you with a customs inquiry (CF-28 and CF-29). Either one is a good choice, Braumiller has you covered on global trade compliance.
Rosemary Coates interviews Adrienne Braumiller for an in depth conversation about the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act and the stress caused on global supply chains.
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A summary of international trade topics from 2023 including subjects such as Section 301, Ukraine War, Russian sanctions, automation of customs processes.
If you had a choice between Customs conducting an audit of your supply chain, going back five years and a root canal. You’d pick the root canal. Let Braumiller Law Group and Braumiller Consulting Group assist you in best practices in trade compliance.
Perhaps there will be a change to the world order in the future. If so, world trade will follow. Will you be ready? We will. Follow us.
The essence of the substantial transformation rule is that a product cannot be said to originate in the country of exportation if it was not manufactured there.
The question, therefore, has been whether operations performed on products in the country of exportation are of such a substantial nature so as to justify the conclusion that the resulting product is a manufacture of that country.
Is your company falling down the rabbit hole of international trade compliance? The complex and difficult situation where one question leads to another question, problem or complication like forced labor.
