Top Stories: New Trade Bills
Package of Trade Bills Targeting China Advances April 17, 2024 – The House Ways and Means Committee announced a package of trade bills targeting China this week. The package went to markup today, where a variety of amendments were proposed. The package includes measures that AAEI members follow closely, including a bill on de minimis […]
Top Stories: Textiles Crack Down
DHS Announces Crack Down on Illicit Textile Imports April 10, 2024 – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detailed a new enforcement strategy on illicit trade in the textiles industry. DHS says the 6-point strategy will be a “blueprint for future strengthened enforcement efforts.” The strategy includes intensified targeting of small package shipments claiming the […]
Top Stories: Supply Chain Challenge
Bridge Collapse Cleanup Work Affecting Supply Chain April, 2024 – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is requiring automobiles that were cleared for export at the Port of Baltimore be transported to another port under bond. The port remains closed after last week’s bridge collapse. Baltimore Port Director Adam Rottman says it’s too early to […]
Top Stories: ACE & Type 86
Automated Enforcement Coming for Entry Type 86 Transactions March 28, 2024 – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) will be updated soon to require importers to file Entry Type 86 transactions prior to or upon the arrival of the cargo. In a bulletin last week, CBP said if […]
Top Stories: DHS’s AI Roadmap
DHS Announces AI Roadmap and AI Pilot Projects March 20, 2024 – DHS Secretary Mayorkas and CIO/Chief AI Officer Eric Hysen announced this week the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Roadmap and 3 pilot projects to show the potential uses of AI across DHS. The pilot projects include the use of AI […]
Top Stories: Export Controls Warning
U.S. to Foreign Companies: Take Export Controls Seriously March 13, 2024 – The Department of Justice issued a “Tri-Seal Compliance Note” last week, warning that foreign companies may face civil and criminal penalties if they fail to take U.S. export controls “seriously.” For example, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) can take enforcement action […]
Top Stories: EU Forced Labor Law?
EU Reaches Agreement on Forced Labor Ban March 6, 2024 – Negotiators from the European Parliament and the European Council reached a provisional agreement yesterday to ban products made with forced labor from the EU market. The new regulation would involve investigation of companies’ supply chains. If forced labor is found, the goods can be […]
Top Stories: D&D Billing Rules
FMC Issues Final Rule on Demurrage and Detention Billing February 28, 2024 – The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) published the final rule this week on demurrage and detention (D&D) billing requirements, a topic on which AAEI has long weighed in. The Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) of 2022 required the FMC to review and revise […]
Top Stories: New Russia Sanctions
White House: Major New Russia Sanctions Package Coming February 21, 2024 – The Biden Administration announced that a new “major” sanctions package against Russia is coming, as soon as this week, in response to the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and the 2-year anniversary of the Ukraine War. President Biden acknowledged yesterday that the […]
Top Stories: Trade Preference Program
Report: House Readies Stalled Trade Bill February 14, 2024 – Lawmakers are reportedly expected to introduce trade preference legislation this month that was long delayed. Politico reports today that the House Ways and Means Committee plans to introduce a bill this month to renew the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), a tariff relief program that […]
