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September 28, 2021 by Nathaniel Rickard

Lawsuit Against Use of Export Controls to Respond to Forced Labor Demonstrates the Importance of this New Federal Agency Policy Tool

Federal government policy has transformed over the last decade in response to the continued presence (and proliferation) of forced labor in foreign supply chains for goods imported into the United States. Government approaches previously promoted transparency and the creation of incentives for companies to adopt voluntary measures to mitigate forced labor risks in supply chains. […]

Filed Under: International Trade Tagged With: BIS, CBP, enforcement, export controls, Forced Labor, International Trade, labor rights, trade, U.S. Court of International Trade

May 17, 2021 by PKR

U.S. CBP Report Reveals Effectiveness of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Cases Brought

By Colin Milner and Patrick O’Connor Antidumping (AD) and Countervailing duty (CVD) orders serve as a vital tool for U.S. domestic industries to ensure a fair market by levying import duties on unfairly traded merchandise. Newly released U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reports indicate that cases brought by Picard Kentz & Rowe LLP (PKR) […]

Filed Under: International Trade Tagged With: AD/CVD Orders, antidumping, Cash Deposits, CBP, Countervailing, Duty Collection, enforcement, Imports, International Trade, Orders, trade remedies

May 10, 2021 by Zachary Walker

Importer Files Complaint at U.S. Court of International Trade Challenging CBP’s Decision to Exclude Goods Produced With Forced Labor

A complaint filed recently with the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) by Virtus Nutrition LLC challenges CBP’s decision to exclude more than $2 million of palm oil and palm oil products exported from Malaysia. Challenges to decisions by CBP to exclude merchandise under Section 307 of the Tariff Act are infrequent with the last […]

Filed Under: International Trade Tagged With: CBP, enforcement, Forced Labor, Imports, International Trade, labor rights, trade, U.S. Court of International Trade

October 21, 2020 by Zachary Walker

Importers Team Up to Undercut Regulations Designed to Improve Enforcement of U.S. Trade Remedy Laws

This August, the Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register notice of proposed Regulations To Improve Administration and Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws. The changes proposed by Commerce to the AD/CVD regulations represent the largest such amendment to the agency’s regulations in twenty years. These proposed modifications of Commerce’s existing AD/CVD regulations […]

Filed Under: Antidumping, Enforcement, Import Fraud, International Trade Tagged With: antidumping, countervailing duty, enforcement, import fraud, International Trade, trade

April 24, 2020 by Nathaniel Rickard

Congress Requires CBP to Issue a Detailed Public Report of Its Antidumping/Countervailing Duty Collection Efforts; CBP’s Ignoring Congress

In an October 2019 report, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Collection of Outstanding Claims, prepared for Congress by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”), the agency explained that at the close of fiscal year 2019 there were 64,761 open bills for antidumping and countervailing duties, with a total amount outstanding of US$4.472 billion. These figures represented […]

Filed Under: Antidumping, CBP, Enforcement, Import Fraud, International Trade Tagged With: antidumping, CBP, enforcement, import fraud, International Trade

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