By: Jennifer Horvath, Senior Associate One of the more interesting developments in the trade world is the recent addition of Russian businesses and individuals to the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN List) by the U.S., Canada, and EU. On March 15th, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that the Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC) added …
By: Paul Fudacz, Senior Associate Attorney With the advent of the Section 301 tariffs, an issue that has been raised frequently is how to accurately determine the country of origin for Section 301 tariff purposes for goods imported from a NAFTA country. The NAFTA sets forth rules for determining the “country of origin” of products …
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By: Adrienne Braumiller, Partner & Founder, Braumiller Law Group The Court of International Trade (CIT) is slated for its first jury trial in 20 years. The case? U.S. v. Univar USA Inc. What’s so special about it? On March 26, 2019, Judge Barnett of the Court of International Trade ruled that a jury can, indeed, …
By: Bruce Leeds, Senior Counsel, Braumiller Law Group CBP Form 5106 is used to identify the importer of record to U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP). It is typically used by surety agents when filing a bond, customs brokers for a new client. or importers to establish or change their number or address. If an …
By: Bonnie Kersch, Senior Trade Advisor, Braumiller Consulting Group Are the robots taking over? Last week, I stopped by McDonalds, placed my order on a computer, pulled out my phone and used an app to make a doctor’s appointment, and then later deposited a check through a different app on my phone. All of these …
Read moreA.I. and Classification, Could the Robots Do a Better Job?
By: Bob Brewer, VP of Marketing, Braumiller Law Group What war? We’re on the right track. The trade deficit between India and the United States has decreased by nearly 7% to USD 1.6 billion in 2018, when compared to 2017. India recorded a decrease in the deficit from USD 22.9 billion in 2017 to USD …
Read moreThe U.S and India Trade War, Well kind of… They’re keeping it Friendly for Now
By: Adrienne Braumiller, Founder & Partner, Braumiller Law Group, PLLC One of the more interesting events in the trade arena with China recently occurred with the arrest and subsequent indictment of Huawei’s CFO, Meng Wanzhou, in December 2018. Meng was arrested by Canadian officials, at the request of the U.S., under the suspicion that Huawei, …
Read moreCurrent Status of the Chinese Trade War and the Section 301 Approval Process
By: Adrienne Braumiller, Founder & Partner, Braumiller Law Group, PLLC With the imminent, and all too real, threat of an increase in Section 301 tariffs set for March 2nd, on more than 6,000 product lines from China, the last thing importers need is another thing to worry about. For importers who may be tempted to …
By: Bruce Leeds, Senior Counsel, Braumiller Law Group, PLLC 2018 saw a number of administrative and legislative changes to U.S. export controls. Many of them have not been implemented, and others have gone into place. Let’s take a look: Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) of 2018 This legislation had bipartisan sponsorship, was passed by both …
By: Bob Brewer, VP of Marketing, Braumiller Law Group, PLLC When you look at the breakdown in manufacturing and retail, and what percent of that comes into the U.S. from China, it’s a no-brainer to someone like Jeff Bezos to want to “own” the entire logistics operation of getting product direct from China into an …
By: Paul Fudacz, Senior Associate Attorney, Braumiller Law Group, PLLC Many importers are aware that the United States, Canada, and Mexico have negotiated a replacement treaty for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The new agreement is called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and was announced by President Trump on October 1, 2018. …
By: S. George Alfonso, Of Counsel, Braumiller Law Group, PLLC In August of 2018, I published an article entitled “301 Tariff Hearings and the Value of Testifying” [see link to previously published article on BLG Newsletter]. This article was based upon my experiences as Of Counsel to Braumiller Law Group, PLLC (“Braumiller”) in working closely …
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By: Brandon French, Contract Attorney, Braumiller Law Group, PLLC Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has taken the initiative to modernize its current trade environment. The purpose of the initiative is to realign CBP’s current trade policies and procedures with the development of new industries, technology, and modes of conducting business. A Federal Register (FR) Notice …
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By Bob Brewer, VP Marketing BLG A few weeks ago, Walmart’s top brass in Bentonville Arkansas kindly asked the Trump administration to scale back on its plan to put tariffs on Christmas lights, shampoo, dog food, luggage, mattresses, handbags, backpacks, vacuum cleaners, bicycles, cooking grills, cable cords and air conditioners. In a letter to U.S. …
Read moreTariffs and Walmart…. What’s Going on in Wally World?
By Megan Mohler, BLG Fall Associate NAFTA is out. USMCA is in. Just before the September 30 deadline to submit the full text of the new US-MX trade pact to Congress, Canada was able to agree to updated terms and sign on to the deal, narrowly preserving the tri-lateral trade agreement that will replace the …
By Adrienne Braumiller, Partner & Founder Braumiller Law Group Many new technologies have erupted in the last 24 years, so sure, NAFTA was due for an update. Ecommerce has certainly also sparked the need for a facelift. But modernized provisions for certification of origin (which is how countries determine which shipments qualify for duty-free status) …
Read moreDoes NAFTA 2.0 Modernization Mean More Opportunity for Fraud?
by Brenda Cordova, BLG Mexico Attorney In November of 2006, the Mexican government abolished the Maquiladora and PITEX Programs and created the IMMEX Program. IMMEX stands for Industrial Manufacturera Maquiladora y de Servicios de Exportacion (literarily translated into English as Manufacturing Maquiladora and Export Services Industry). Generally, an IMMEX is a business entity authorized by …
By Bruce Leeds, Senior Counsel, Braumiller Law Group If you go to the Trade tab at CBP.gov one of the featured items on the menu is Priority Trade Issues. There you will find information on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). This primarily deals with CBP enforcement of trademarks and copyrights. U.S. copyright and trademark holders lose …
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By Joe A. Cortez, Trade Advisor, Braumiller Consulting Group Lately, domestic natural gas producing companies have started to export more natural gas to Canada and Mexico. Before 2000, the United States exported relatively small volumes of natural gas and mostly by pipeline to Mexico and Canada. Total annual exports have generally increased each year since …
We Are Here To Assist With Section 301 Tariffs On September 18, 2018, the USTR issued a press release on the finalization of tariff numbers for goods on Section 301 List 3. The additional tariffs of 10% was effective on September 24, 2018. List 3 can be found here. The list contains 5,745 HTS subheadings …
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