Sanctions, Bans, and Tariffs How The U.S. is Fueling Chinese Innovation

Chinese innovation

Just look at the current landscape of how China has been innovating through various trade related sanctions, bans, and tariffs. Necessity has always been the mother of invention, and in the case of China and the never-ending western pressure it has also been the catalyst in many cases for that which ultimately drives them to create and overcome.

Lauren Good, Intern at Braumiller Law Group

Lauren Good

Bob Brewer, VP of Marketing for Braumiller Law Group sits down with BLG intern Lauren Good and talks about her experience with the firm as well as international trade in general.

What It Means to Believe

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.

Megan Mohler Discusses Export Compliance

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.

Monkeys and Harmonized Tariff Schedule

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.

Tariffs on Canadian Lumber

canada lumber tariff

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!