Expeditors Newsflash

On October 25, 2017, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer announced new efforts toward enforcement of eligibility criteria for beneficiary

Effective October 2, 2017, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) has made a new eLicense system available for use by any individual or company importing

On August 2, 2017, President Trump signed into law the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (“CAATSA”). Although CAATSA primarily

On October 19, 2017, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a memorandum of agreement for both

On October 24, 2017, the US House of Representatives passed the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Reauthorization Act of 2017. The

On October 8, 2017, Saudi Arabian Customs issued a statement that importers would not need a Certificate of Origin when importing products that bear an

On October 19, 2017, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #17-000664 announcing a Harmonized System Update

Many U.S. government and other trade-related web sites offer a wide variety of information to importers, exporters, manufacturers and other interested

On September 5, 2017, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published a notice in the Federal Register, announcing amendments to the Cotton Board Rules

On October 17, 2017, the US, Canada, and Mexico concluded the fourth round of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations. The fourth

On October 16, 2017, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) declared Japan free of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and Newcastle

On October 12, 2017, Global Affairs Canada published the Consolidated Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) sanctions list, which contains the names of

On October 11, 2017, in a joint letter to the WTO members, the UK and the EU outlined proposals in preparation for future trading arrangements including

On Wednesday, October 11, 2017, the United States, Canadian and Mexican governments began the fourth round of North American Free Trade (NAFTA) renewal

On October 5, 2017, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced its preliminary findings in the antidumping duty (ADD) investigation on large civil

Starting on October 6, 2017, the Bureau of the Census is seeking public comments to review the requirements regarding routed export transactions.

On September 25^th, 2017, a notice was published in Argentina’s Boletín Oficial, announcing a simplified export program for exports.  Resolución 725-E/17,

The U.S. Government announced on October 6, 2017 that it will revoke certain economic sanctions with respect to Sudan and the Government of Sudan. That

On October 2, 2017, the European Commission announced a new pan-EU electronic Customs Decisions System (CDS).

On October 4, 2017, the Federal Register published a notice for the National Maritime Fisheries Service (NMFS), announcing an Automated Commercial

On September 29, 2017, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #17-000622, advising that the Generalized

On September 29, 2017, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #17-000623, updating the local port closures