World Trade Organization Director-General Roberto Azevêdo announced he will step down from his position effective August 31, 2020. In his announcement, Azevêdo stated his hope that his early departure would relieve some of the burden on the organization as it …
Today the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the initiation of an investigation into whether the quantities or circumstances of mobile crane imports into the United States threaten to impair the national security.
According to Commerce’s press release, the …
The U.S. Department of Commerce recently announced two modifications to address the impact of COVID-19 on D.C.-based operations in response to efforts to mitigate against the further spread of the novel coronavirus.
First, the Enforcement & Compliance Unit announced …
President Trump issued an Executive Order today authorizing temporary relief of the payment of certain duties, interest and fees associated with imported merchandise.
The order specifically calls for 90 days of deferral for regular tariffs – known as “most-favored-nation” (MFN) …
The U.S. Department of Commerce today published a Final Rule in the Federal Register establishing a framework for declaring a foreign country’s “currency devaluation” a government subsidy in U.S. countervailing duty proceedings. Commerce’s new rule applies to all new countervailing …
The U.S. Department of Commerce and representatives of Mexican tomato growers today signed a new suspension agreement, that will terminate the current 17.56 percent tariffs on imported Mexican tomatoes while closing loopholes that existed in previous suspension agreements.
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Chambers today announced its exceptional ranking of CLK Canada in its Chambers Canada 2021 guide. These rankings follow the recent prominent rankings of CLK’s Washington office in the Chambers USA 2020 guide and on the heels of other rankings for …