Expeditors Newsflash

On April 29, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a final rule in the Federal Register to

On April 25, 2019, the European Parliament and Council of the EU published regulation (EU) 2019/632 announcing a delay in the shift to a “complete use of

On April 25, 2019, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released its annual Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and

On April 18, 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #19-000195, that they have added five

On April 17, 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #19-000197, an initiative to make trade

On April 16, 2019, the General Department of Customs of Vietnam held the first meeting on amending and supplementing the regulations on customs value

On April 17, 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #19-000194, providing updated guidance on the

On April 17, 2019, the European Commission issued a preliminary list of products of U.S. origin the European Union (EU) is considering for

On April 18, 2019, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published in a Federal Register Notice (FRN) the third list of product exclusions

On April 15, 2019, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Kevin McAleenan, designated John Sanders as the Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border

On April 15, 2019, the World Trade Organization (WTO) marked the 25th anniversary of its establishment.

On April 10, 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan was sworn in as Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland

On May 1, 2019, Argentina’s Foreign Trade Secretary will implement Ruling 519/2018, which establishes digital certificates of origin, known as

On April 11, 2019, the European Council agreed to the extension of the period under Article 50(3) of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the

On April 3, 2019, U.S. Senators Gary Peters and John Cornyn introduced a bipartisan bill to address the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

On April 8, 2019, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued a press release announcing it had begun the process of identifying products

On April 2, 2019, the Mexican Government published Informative Note 12, which informs the importer community about the addition of several permit types

On March 29, 2019, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released the 2019 National Trade Estimate (NTE). The NTE is the U.S. government’s

On March 29, 2019, the government of the United Kingdom (UK) published guidance for the Value-Added Tax (VAT) on imported goods moving from Ireland to

On April 2, 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published the 2019 procedures and requirements for importations made during the 2019 Calendar

Beginning on April 1, 2019, the Chinese government implemented value-added tax (VAT) reforms according to a joint announcement released by the Chinese

On March 27, 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan hosted a press conference on the impact of the increase in