The 2008 Farm Act changes to the Lacey Act took effect on May 22, 2008. What rapidly caught the attention of the importing community is the requirement for a declaration which must accompany each importation and is mandated to...
Reports are surfacing that Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are planning to form a customs union in 2010 - called the Eurasian Economic Community. A customs union has a higher degree of economic integration than a free trade...
There is a lot of talk among trade law specialists about whether payments to the auto industry would result in a WTO illegal subsidy. IF Canada, China, the EU, Japan, Korea and the United States all bail out their...
What is going to be the effect of the November 26, 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India on trade? The news reports headline that Westerners were targeted in the Mumbai terrorist attacks. If the 9-11 terrorist...
On November 25, 2008, the Wall Street Journal published the following article about the Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement, which should make Canadians chuckle. It gives us a sense of pride to know that we are doing...
My friend, Larry Friedman of Barnes/Richardson has posted the following blog article at www.customslaw.blogspot.com - he has given us permission to reproduce it.
10 + 2: Back On Topic
By now it is old news that Customs and ...
Descartes Systems Group, a global on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics solutions provider, responded to the new U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Importer Security Filing (ISF) "10+2" rule by forming a...
The International Court of Arbitration (based in Paris, France) has opened its first Asian office in Hong Kong. The International Court of Arbitration is an institution for the resolution of commercial disputes. Hong Kong as a...
On November 24, 2008, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released its long-awaited interim final rule on the Importer Security Filing, also known as the 10+2 rule. Starting Jan. 26, 2009 (but with an importers...
On November 21, 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release indicating that a U.K.-based company, Aibel Group Ltd., agreed to pay $4.2 Million and pled guilty to charges that it had violated the Foreign Corrupt...
Last week, reports surfaced that South Korea's Daewoo Logistics said it had secured rights to plant the corn in western Madagascar and 300,000 hectares of oil palm in the east, with a long-term aim of replacing more than half the...
APEC leaders have agreed not to raise any new trade barriers for the next 12 months, a key goal of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in his discussions here and with other world leaders over the last several weeks.
Harper...
November 25th is the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Please do your part to help the United Nations reach its goal. The General Assembly has designated 25 November as the...
Australia and Peru have asked to join the TransPacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement, which is a comprehensive and well-written free trade agreement (or economic partnership agreement) between Singapore, New Zealand,...
Autos are very expensive to purchase. Consumers are nervous about the economy and are less likely to go out on a spending spree. This is a vicious circle for the auto industry because if consumers cannot afford to buy...
On November 21, 2008, Canada and Columbia signed a free trade agreement, an Agreement on Labour Cooperation and an Agreement on Environmental Cooperation. The free trade agreement was signed as leaders gathers for the Asia...
