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CBP Importer Verification Proposal Shifts Enforcement Burden to Brokers, FedEx Says

Top News|17 Oct 2019|Ref: 1910170017|by Tim Warren

CBP's proposed rule to impose new importer verification requirements on brokers would transfer the government's oversight of importers on to brokers, FedEx said in comments to CBP on the proposal (see 1908130031). "CBP, as a law enforcement agency…Subscribe to Read >>

CBP Should Use Forced Labor 'Red Flags' to Initiate Seizures of Imports From Xinjiang, CSIS Says

Top News|17 Oct 2019|Ref: 1910170039|by Tim Warren

CBP should allow for seizures of goods from the Xinjiang region of China if there are certain "red flags" that indicate the use of forced labor, the Center for Strategic and International Studies said in an Oct. 16 report…Subscribe to Read >>

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Ways and Means Chairman Says He Hopes New NAFTA Ratification Vote Held Before Thanksgiving

Top News|19 Sep 2019|Ref: 1909190057|by Mara Lee

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., who leads the working group that aims to win changes to the NAFTA rewrite to make it more palatable to Democrats, said that "it's time to pick up the intensity of…Read More >>

Upcoming Events

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Oct

28–29

Society for International Affairs Fall Advanced Conference, Washington, D.C. (here)

Nov

Coalition of New England Companies for Trade 2019 Northeast Cargo Symposium, Providence, R.I. (here)

Nov

Automotive Industry Action Group Customs Town Hall, Lathrup Village, Michigan, 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (here)

Nov

Judicial Conference of the United States Court of International Trade, Washington, D.C. (here)

Nov

20–21

Customs Compliance Industry Exchange, Washington, D.C. (here)

Jan

5–6

National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones Fundamentals of FTZs Seminar 2020, Orlando, Florida (here)

Greenberg Traurig Hires Rabinowitz From Kelley Drye

Greenberg Traurig hired customs lawyer Laura Siegal Rabinowitz, previously special counsel at Kelly Drye, as a shareholder in the firm's New York office, it said in an emailed news release. During the 1990s, she was an attorney with the U.S. Customs Service, Assistant Chief Counsel’s Office, and represented Customs in litigation at the Court of International Trade.

Court of International Trade Nominee Named

The general counsel for the Agriculture Department, Stephen Vaden, has been nominated by the White House to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade. Vaden, who has a law degree from Yale and a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt, is a member of the board of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the institution that has sent trade aid to farmers.

Arent Fox Adds Former Panalpina Group General Counsel

Robert Ernest joined Arent Fox’s logistics and transportation group and will advise clients on international supply chain solutions, Arent Fox said. Ernest previously worked as a general counsel for the Americas region with the Panalpina Group.

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