On August 20, 2008, the Washington Post reported in an article entitled " Citizen's U.S. Border Crossings Tracked: Data From Checkpoints To Be kept for 15 Years" that Customs and Border Protection has been "using its system of...
On Tuesday, August 19, 2008, U.S. Customs and Border Protection's office of international trade (CBP) advised the trade community that importers of Canadian softwood lumber will have a 30-day grace period to implement new ...
On August 14, 2998, The Economist posted an article entitled "Patchy Blockade" relating to the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba and some of the U.S. enforcement actions. I have reproduced the article in full below. ...
China Environmental Law Blog has posted an article entitled "Big Cars Face Big Tax: Fat Cats Unfazed";
China has announced a higher tax on large cars. China said yesterday it would raise taxes on large passenger vehicles...
Today, Susan Decker and Cary O'Reilly reported on Bloomberg.com that the previous dismissal of the case filed by Valerie Plame against Vice- President Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, and I. Lewis Libby was determined by the U.S. Court of...
On August 11, 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported in an article entitled "Bryd's Bad Idea is Back" that there are subterranean efforts in Congress to revive the repealed Byrd Amendment (more formally known as the Continued...
Canada's Financial Post (part of the National Post newspaper) is reporting today that "The United States is ready to clash with the British government over the $300-million U. S. aid program for Bombardier Inc.'s Short aircraft...
The Canadian Government is learning that it does not make economic sense to acquire U.S. origin defense goods. In 2006, Canadian Government announced that it was purchasing three new fleets of aircraft, three new ships and...
It is obvious that the global economic environment for the auto industry is not a healthy one. Auto companies and associations are concerned that the "suspension" of the WTO Doha Round will result in a further proliferation...
I came across the following provision in a "Terms of Use" contract on a web-site relating to software:
"U.S. Export Controls
Software from this Website (”Software”) is further subject to United States export controls. No...
If you are wondering whether goods coming to the U.S. are subject to antidumping duties, there is information available from the U.S. government which will help. See...
Donald Hatch entered into a plea agreement for export violations involving night vision equipment. Why question his intelligence? Well, first the company's website os reported to state that all shipments are made as gifts and are...
Purely Juice is a pomegranate juice manufacturer based in California. It was ordered to pay a $1.5 million judgment to a competitor for false and misleading claims. Claiming that its suppliers had given it faulty Certificates of...
It was reported today by Forbes online that India's Trade Minister Nath had said India was willing to accept a proposal to a dispute settlement mechanism to prevent the misuse and abuse of the special agricultural safeguard...
Any traveler to the United States should prepare to be without their laptop, cell phone, PDA, Blackberry, iPod, MP3, and other electronic equipment. In addition, any traveler to the United States should make back up copies...
The “Doha Round” of multilateral trade talks at the World Trade Organization lapsed back into limbo on July 29, 2008 as an informal meeting of Ministers did not end in the acceptance of the compromise "package of elements".
If...
