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US Exporters Applaud Lifting of Steel, Aluminum Tariffs

U.S. exporters applauded the Trump administration's plans to roll back steel and aluminum tariffs and the decision by both Canada and Mexico to lift retaliatory tariffs.Subscribe to Read >>

CBSA Confirms Audits Underway on Surtax Payments for Imports From US

The Canada Border Services Agency is looking closely at surtax payments due on imports from the U.S. that were required as part of Canada's retaliatory tariffs, a CBSA spokesman said May 17. "The CBSA has been analysing import data and…Subscribe to Read >>

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CBP Looking at Widespread Changes to Export Reviews, Exams and Penalties, Swanson Says

SAN ANTONIO -- CBP is combing through its export processes to streamline, automate and harmonize agency review, exams and penalties across the ports, according to Jim Swanson, director of CBP’s cargo and security controls division. Speaking at the National Customs…Read More >>

Upcoming Events

Full Calendar

May

Canadian Society of Customs Brokers Webinar on Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Textile & Apparel Rules of Origin and Beyond, 1-2:30 p.m. (here)

May

Bureau of Industry and Security Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee, 9:30 a.m., Washington, D.C. (here)

May

Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee Meeting, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Washington, D.C. (here)

May

22–23

Bureau of Industry and Security Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee, 9 a.m., Washington, D.C. (here)

Jun

Office of United States Trade Representative Section 301 Committee hearing on additional tariffs on goods from China, 9:30 a.m., International Trade Commission, 500 E St. SW (here)

Jun

26–28

American Association of Exporters and Importers Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. (here)

Jul

9–11

Bureau of Industry and Security Annual Conference on Export Controls, Washington, D.C. (here)

Wiggin and Dana Add Former Justice Department Official

Wiggin and Dana has added David Laufman, former chief of the Counterintelligence and Export Control Section of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office, the firm said in a press release. Laufman will co-chair the firm’s National Security Practice Group and will join their White-Collar Defense, Investigations and Corporate Compliance Practice Group and the International Trade Compliance Group, it said.

Dow CEO, Cotton CEO Appointed to Trade Policy Advisory Committee

President Donald Trump will appoint Dow CEO James Fitterling and Joseph Nicosia of Louis Dreyfus members of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiation for four-year terms, the White House said.

Cooper Confirmed as Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs

The State Department announced that R. Clarke Cooper was confirmed April 30 in the Senate as the assistant secretary for Political Military Affairs, in a May 2 notice. Cooper previously served as director of intelligence planning for Joint Special Operations Command’s Joint Inter-Agency Task Force -- National Capital Region, State said, and was a George W. Bush administration U.S. alternate representative to the United Nations Security Council. The White House advanced the nomination to the Senate, for a second time, in January.

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