CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
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CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP is actively discussing how to harmonize its Trusted Trader program with similar program in Canada and Mexico, said Maria Luisa Boyce, senior trade advisor at CBP, during a Dec. 4 webinar hosted by Integration Point. "We are in conversations with Canada and Mexico on how we align our programs," she said. CBP is testing a new Trusted Trader program that combines the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism supply chain security program with the Importer Self Assessment (ISA) import compliance program (see 14101019).
The Court of International Trade posted a number of articles related to its Judicial Conference (here), held on Dec. 1. The materials include:
While there has been some progress toward an International Trade Data System, the complexity of bringing together a disparate group of governmental bodies with differing statutory requirements continues to present some roadblocks, say government and industry officials. Still, there continues to be significant momentum from President Barack Obama's executive order in February that created a 2016 deadline for finishing ITDS (see 14021928), they said. For instance, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an agency that is involved in regulating some imports but is far less involved at the border as other agencies, reported some movement on its work with CBP, though its clear there's still much to be done.
The Labor Department updated its list of goods it believes to have been produced by child labor or forced labor to add two new goods (alcoholic beverages and meat), and one new country (Yemen), the agency said in a notice (here). The full report, including the updated list and a discussion of the list’s context, scope, methodology, and limitations, as well as frequently asked questions and a bibliography of sources, is available on the DOL website (here).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
The Treasury Department published its fall 2014 regulatory agenda for CBP (here), which lists no new rulemakings in the works. The agenda lists Treasury's CBP rulemakings that are pending at the proposed, interim final, final, and completed stages, as well as rulemakings that are long-term actions. The agenda lists the regulation title; past regulation(s), if any; the timeframe for the next regulatory action(s), if any; a brief description of the regulation; and a contact party name and telephone number. The Department of Homeland Security has also issued its fall 2014 regulatory agenda for CBP (see 1411260010).
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its fall 2014 regulatory agenda for CBP (here) with some new trade-related rulemakings, including on customs broker continuing education and Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS). The agenda also continues to include mentions an Importer Security Filing (ISF) rulemaking, though a final rule on ISF is no longer listed. The spring agenda listed an ISF rule amendment and a separate final rule as being in the works (see 14052911).
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) made several trade-related recommendations in its 2014 report to Congress (here). The 11 trade recommendations, among 48 total recommendations, address several controversial issues, including antidumping and countervailing duty cases and currency manipulation. The USCC's recommendations indicate a clear concern for how U.S. agencies work to prevent unfair trade practices.