Expeditors Newsflash

On November 30, 2018, the United States, Canada, and Mexico signed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in Argentina.

On November 25, 2018, the Government of United Kingdom and the Heads of the remaining European Union Member States reached agreement on the terms of a

On November 27, 2018, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published a reminder about the resources available for the Trade Facilitation and Trade

On November 16, 2018, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in a Federal Register Notice that the Commercial Customs Advisory Committee

On November 21, 2018, the World Customs Organization (WCO) released the 2017 Illicit Trade Report, which attempts to quantify and map the situation

On November 6, 2018, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published the Craft Beverage Modernization Act (CBMA) Assignment Certification form for use

On November 1, 2018, delegations from the United States, European Union (EU), Japan, Argentina, and Costa Rica submitted a joint proposal to the World

On November 7, 2018, the World Customs Organization (WCO) announced the Information Management Sub-committee (IMSC) augmented the digital customs agenda

On September 22, 2018, a California bill (“SB 1402”) was signed into law that holds a “customer” of a port drayage trucking company liable for violations

On October 31, 2018, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in Cargo Services Messaging Service (CSMS) #18-000647, the replacement of the

On November 7, 2018, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the due date and amount of the 2019 annual user fee that is assessed for each

On November 1, 2018, the Government of India’s Ministry of Finance delayed the implementation of previously announced tariffs on goods of U.S. origin

On November 5, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft guidance for Industry and FDA Staff on mandatory food recalls.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has updated its on-line Regulatory Robot tool. CPSC designed the Regulatory Robot as a way to guide

On November 5, 2018, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published the requirements for Truck Section 321 shipments in Cargo Systems Messaging

In September 2018, the World Customs Organization (WCO) held the first meeting of the newly created working group to process the comprehensive review of

Last week, the governments of Canada and Australia announced the ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Canada ratified the CPTPP on

On November 5, 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned hundreds of Iranian targets as a part of

On October 24, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its draft guidance on the verification systems that manufacturers, wholesale

On Oct 22, 2018, the Chinese Ministry of Finance (MOF) and State Administration of Taxation (SAT) jointly announced a second round of increases on