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Originaly Published in the June 2010 JOC Magazine -

Anyone who imports textile or wearing apparel products knows that achieving 100% regulatory compliance has been challenging for both Customs and the trade community. In a...

On June 8, 2010, Asst. Comm. Baldwin again confirmed that it is CBP’s long-standing policy to encourage prior disclosures. The reason these comments are notable is that a number of Ports have attempted to use the CBP Form 28...

The Texas district court has ruled in Forest Group v Bon Tool Co., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41291 (S.D. Tex. Apr. 27, 2010) that if a party places a false patent marking on a product, the fine will be based on the maximum price at...

It has long been understood that achieving 100% trade compliance with textile and wearing apparel imports has been challenging for both Customs and the trade community. In a recent presentation, Janet Labuda, the U.S. Customs and...

Here is the approved version of the U.N Security council Resolution 1929 (2010) against Iran - tinyurl.com/2eqpa2l and statements made at the U.N. Security Council 6335th Meeting on June 9, 2010.

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On June 9, 2010, the United Nations Security Council passed new strict economic sanctions against Iran. The resolution builds on existing UN sanctions imposed since 2006 and expand the breadth and reach of such measures by...

In the June 4, 2010 Federal Register at

edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-13403.htm, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service published information about the next meeting of Codex, the WTO’s sanitary and phytosanitary...

There are reports that a U.N Security Council Resolution Against Iran will be presented to the entire 15-member UN Security Council at 4 p.m. today.  The reports are that China nad Russia have agreed with the draft text in...

Originally published in the Journal of Commerce - April 2010 -

At a recent trade association luncheon, a senior Customs manager from the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach provided some statistics and background information about...

Much has been made in the general press about the 87-month sentence recently handed down to Charles Jumet in connection with bribes paid to former Panamanian government officials to secure contracts for his company, Ports...

In January 2010, BIS posted on its website updated guidance for freight forwarders, see www.bis.doc.gov/complianceandenforcement/freightforwarderguidance.htm. More recently, BIS posted an updated version of its Export...

Importers and brokers are reminded that comments are due to Customs no later than May 15 in response to the agency’s March 16, 2010, Federal Register proposal to do away with providing courtesy notices of entry liquidation...

A truly remarkable man has passed away. Whitney Harris passed away at age 97. He was the last surviving prosecutor who appeared before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg.

In his work at Nuremberg, he assisted in...

The Obama Administration has now articulated the President's vision to expand exports significantly over the next five (5) years. To do so, Mr. Obama has established an Export Promotion Cabinet. He has also brought together...

Jeffery Simpson of the National Post wrote a good article on April 20, 2010 about one of the Canadian thorns in world free trade, Canada's supply management laws, regulations, policies and practices in the agricultural sector. To...

Many Canadian businesses are not receiving properly completed NAFTA certificates of origin. The purpose of a NAFTA certificate of origin is to provide the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) with information so that the CBSA may...