International Trade Attorney
The Generalized System of Preferences is a program under which the United States provides duty-free treatment to eligible articles imported directly from designated beneficiary developing countries. While the ability to import goods at a zero duty rate is mighty enticing, the legislative … Read More...
“Who's to blame when parties really get out of hand? Who's to blame when they get poorly planned?” The B-52s weren't referring to trade disputes in their iconic song, but it somehow seems on point anyway. The back and forth announced tariff increases between the United States and China seem … Read More...
How's this for a strained simile? Trade wars are a bit like baseball games. Each side gets a chance to whack the other with a tariff bat as well as play defense against duty hits. The number of innings will be determined by how bloody-minded and self-destructive each team decides to be. Unlike our … Read More...
Today’s edition of trade whack-a-mole features two new tariff developments. First, you know those special steel and aluminum tariffs that were supposed to go into effect today? Well, they did, but not quite as much as originally announced. In a last-minute reprieve, President Trump temporarily … Read More...
The Executive Order announcing increased tariffs on steel and aluminum products also required a process for excluding articles for which there “is a lack of sufficient U.S. production capacity of comparable products,” or “for specific national security-based considerations.” With those tariffs … Read More...
Well, this should get real ugly real fast. The Trump administration has announced the forthcoming imposition of tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, with rates of 25 percent and 10 percent, respectively. Canada and Mexico are exempted, for now, and other countries may receive such favorable … Read More...
International bad guys and their flunkies beware: there's a brand new sheriff looking to stop your nefarious deeds. That's right, President Trump has determined that “serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, … Read More...
Well, it could have been worse I suppose. While not as strident as Candidate Trump's campaign rhetoric regarding Cuba, the National Security Presidential Memorandum on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba certainly raised the possibility of substantial cutting back of the … Read More...
DATE HELD: Thursday, February 15, 2018 The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act imposes criminal liability on United States companies for bribery of foreign officials. This webinar discussed the types … [Read More...]
DATE HELD: November 16, 2017 Customs Section 592 Penalties: Who, What, When, Why and How, reviewed the circumstances under which Customs and Border Protection can impose penalties against importers … [Read More...]
