In a Public Inspection Notice issued tonight, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced the extension of 352 reinstated exclusions and 77 COVID-related exclusions until December 31, 2023 to allow USTR to complete its four-year-review of the …
Today the Commerce Department published proposed revisions to the Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariff exclusions process.
Specifically, the proposed rule makes four changes, which will impact both requestors and objectors. At a high level, Commerce is attempting to reduce …
On July 26, 2023, the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (“FLETF”), chaired by the Department of Homeland Security, published an updated strategy for the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (“UFLPA”). The UFLPA went into effect on June 21, 2022, and …
The Federal Court of Appeal (“FCA”) recently released a decision in Canadian Hardwood Plywood and Veneer Association v Canada (Attorney General), 2023 FCA 154. This decision affirms the Canadian International Trade Tribunal’s (“CITT”) approach to several aspects of the …
On August 9, 2023, President Biden signed Executive Order (E.O.) 14105, “Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern,” directing the Department of the Treasury to impose regulations on U.S. persons …
The Government of Ontario is conducting public consultations on its proposal to enact regulations under the Ontario Building Ontario Businesses Initiative Act, 2022, (S.O. 2022, c. 2, Sched. 2) which will require Ontario’s public sector entities to provide preferential treatment …
Following an attempted revolt against Russian President Vladimir Putin in late June, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) issued economic sanctions against several entities associated with the Wagner Group and its leader, Yevgeniy Prigozhin. The …
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (“UFLPA”) went into effect June 21, 2022, and established a rebuttable presumption that all merchandise coming from the Xinjiang region of …
On Friday, June 23, 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) released its final rule requiring continuing education for licensed individual customs brokers. CBP anticipates that “by requiring individual customs brokers to remain knowledgeable about recent developments in customs and …
This month Commerce published proposed updates to its trade remedies regulations in the Federal Register. These include important modifications intended to address evolution in the unfair trading practices that injure American workers and businesses, and also recognize Commerce’s greater …