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Customs Record Production Requests Can Result In Multimillion Dollar Penalties - Part II
Introduction This is the second part of an article about Customs' increasing interest in administrative record-keeping penalty assessments. Some Customs officials believed that it was easier to make these types of cases than to prove underlying violations of the Customs laws. It's the old...
Read MoreCustoms Record Production Requests Can Result In Multimillion Dollar Penalties - Part I
Part II of this article will appear in the June issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. Introduction This is a two-part article about Customs and Border Protection's (Customs) increased interest in record-keeping penalties, and its failed efforts to find its first major court case...
Read MoreChina Trade: Know Before You Go
Trade between the United States and China continues to be front page news, and the source of a great deal of uncertainty in the trade community. It is not uncommon to read newspapers articles about the trade imbalance between the two countries, the continued threat by Congress to impose duty...
Read MoreThe C-TPAT And CSI Supply-Chain Security Initiatives Today
The Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism ("C-TPAT") and Container Security Initiative ("CSI") are recognized as U.S. Customs and Border Protection's ("CBP's") primary supply-chain cargo security initiatives. CBP uses these programs in conjunction with pre-shipment trade data filing programs...
Read MoreFailure To Substantiate Product Origin Can Result In Problems At The Border
All products imported into the United States are required by law to be permanently marked with their country of origin. Additionally, the origin of goods is often a determining factor as to whether they are subject to import restrictions; whether they are eligible for duty free trade programs; or...
Read MoreU.S. Trade With China: Navigating The Complexities Of Antidumping And Countervailing Duties - Part II
Part I of this interview appeared in the December 2006 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel and can be accessed online at www.metrocorpcounsel.com by putting "Sailer" in the site's search box. Editor: What is the background and interplay of the antidumping and countervailing duty laws?...
Read MoreU.S. Trade With China: Navigating The Complexities Of Antidumping And Countervailing Duties - Part I
Editor: Please tell our readers about your background and the focus of your practice. Sailer: I am a Midwesterner who came to the East Coast to pursue a career in international law. After earning my B.A. and J.D. at Marquette University, I earned an LL.M. degree in international law at...
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