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Doing Business In China Has Been Through Evolution, But It's Still Not The Same As Home
The Early Years At our law firm we have been regaled with stories from some of the old time China traders, who were buying goods in China back in the day when there was no direct transportation route to the United States. Logistics was a nightmare. Goods had to be trucked to Hong Kong and...
Read MoreU.S-Canada Trade Relations 2009 - A "Buy America" Bump In An Otherwise Smooth And Steady Road
Last October, I wrote an article for The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel where I reported on "the relatively calm state of U.S.-Canada customs/trade relations" and the steady and increasing flow of goods between the two countries. I predicted that with the settlement of the most-recent round of the...
Read MoreImporter Security Filing - "The 10+2 Rule"
U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") has issued "interim final regulations" implementing the "Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements," the so-called 10+2 Rule. The new Importer Security Filing program applies to goods shipped to the United States via vessel and will...
Read MoreThe Potential Impact Of Recent Changes In U.S. Trade Regulation On U.S. Investment In China - Caveat Emptor!
The past two years have brought ever-increasing growth in international trade in goods with China, and with that change have come significant developments in the esoteric world of trade regulation, culminating in important and potentially far-reaching changes in the application of U.S. trade law to...
Read MoreTrade Facilitation In India Through System Upgradation
Trade facilitation encompasses a variety of activities including import and export procedures. This has become an issue of significant importance in the non-tariff barriers agenda, as tariff rates have declined through successive GATT/WTO rounds and global supply chains have become dominant....
Read MoreAmerican Trade Relations With Canada: Strong, Steady And Non-Controversial, But . . .
Four years ago I wrote an article for The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel on United States-Canadian trade relations, reporting that with the notable exception of the seemingly never ending softwood lumber dispute, U.S. northern border trade was relatively free of serious controversy. Has anything...
Read MoreLegislative Update: Companies Importing Goods Into The U.S. Will Be Subject To New Reporting Requirements In The Near Future
In recent years, costs arising from the importation of goods into the United States have declined steadily. Import duty has been eliminated or reduced on many imported products, entries can be filed electronically, and many archaic reporting requirements have been eliminated. However, recent...
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