International Trade Attorney
The Coronavirus pandemic has affected pretty much every aspect of life in the United States. We can now add trade policy to the list. As part of the Federal government's efforts to address the spread and treatment of COVID-19, the Trade Representative's office is considering exclusion of medical … Read More...
Just when I thought I was running out of blog topics, along comes the Federal Circuit to stir the pot for country of origin determinations under the Federal Acquisition Regulation. In Acetris Health, LLC v. United States, the appellate court clarified the circumstances under which an article … Read More...
The new decade is now upon us, and we all know what that means. First, the Census Bureau will send out questionnaires seeking such important knowledge as the number of dust bunnies hiding under the sofa. Second, those ugly red-eyed ten-year cicadas will emerge in August, make a mess in the streets … Read More...
As directed by Executive Order 13873, the Commerce Department has proposed a rule for Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain. Comments on it are due by December 27, 2019. We previously discussed EO 13873 grant of extraordinarily broad authority to … Read More...
Has it really been three years already? The International Trade Commission has issued its Second Request for Petitions for Duty Suspensions and Reductions. We discussed the process after the first such request was issued in 2016, so here’s a brief recap. The American Manufacturing Competitiveness … Read More...
This trade war business is beginning to remind me of the classic film Groundhog Day, except without the comedy or happy ending. You’ll recall that’s the one where Bill Murray plays a weatherman who relives the same day over and over. He eventually breaks out of the time warp and lives happily ever … Read More...
“Trade wars are good and easy to win.” For proof, look no further than the 15-year-old World Trade Organization case that the United States filed against the European Union over subsidies to Airbus. The case was pretty much overlooked during that gestation period, but the result has … Read More...
The Bureau of Industry and Security has extended the temporary general license authorizing certain transactions with Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. and numerous of its affiliates. That’s the good news, such as it is. The bad news is that 46 more Huawei affiliates were added to the Entity List, on top … Read More...
DATE HELD: Thursday, February 15, 2018 The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act imposes criminal liability on United States companies for bribery of foreign officials. This webinar discussed the types … [Read More...]
DATE HELD: November 16, 2017 Customs Section 592 Penalties: Who, What, When, Why and How, reviewed the circumstances under which Customs and Border Protection can impose penalties against importers … [Read More...]
