Update 08/15/19The USTR has confirmed, as we expected, that the additional 10% will be applied based on entry date for both List 4A and 4B. Original Post 08/14/19On Tuesday, August 13th the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced additional details...
FDA issued their first Warning Letter to an importer for not complying with the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) that was introduced 8 years ago with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). For this first Warning Letter, FDA selected a food importer that...
Last week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took a critical step towards enforcement of FSVP by creating Import Alert 99-41, "Detention Without Physical Examination of Human and Animal Foods Imported from Foreign Suppliers by Importers Who Are Not in Compliance...
On Thursday, August 1st President Trump announced that on September 1, 2019, he will impose a 10% import tariff on $300 billion worth of Chinese goods (which may potentially rise to 25% in the future). These goods, known commonly as List 4, will include most products...
The Trump administration’s trade war with the European Union may be escalating. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced earlier this week that it is considering adding $4 billion worth of products to an existing list of $21 billion of goods that could be...
President Trump announced on Saturday that proposed new tariffs on Chinese imports (aka List 4 goods) will be delayed as trade talks resume. Proposed goods on List 4 were to include most products not already covered by previous tariffs. The U.S. Trade Representative...
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) just announced that applications for exclusion from Section 301 List 3 tariffs will be accepted starting at noon on June 30, 2019. The last day to submit exclusion applications will be September 30, 2019. Exclusions that are...
Much of the talk in the United States is about tariffs that are being imposed on Chinese imports by the U.S. government. However, the Chinese government has been busy with its own set of tariffs on U.S.-origin products. Over the past year, China has imposed tariffs on...
UPDATE: 06/08/19Yesterday evening President Trump called off the tariff on Mexican goods which had been slated to start on Monday, June 10. Original: 05/31/2018President Trump announced yesterday that in an effort to force Mexico to take action on immigration issues,...
In early May, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) increased tariffs to 25% for Chinese products covered by List 3 of the Section 301 investigation. Now that the tariff rate has risen to 25%, the USTR announced that it will be setting up a process to apply for List...
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