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Tai Pushing for Steel Deal to Arrive on Schedule

22 Sep 2023

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, speaking by video link at an Atlantic Council/Atlantik-Brücke program in Berlin Sept. 22, said she remains "very hopeful that we will have something to show the rest of the world in the next six-week period" as EU and U.S. negotiators continue to try to harmonize both trade defenses and approaches to privileging trade in green steel and aluminum.Read More >>

Low Numbers of Auto UFLPA Detentions Shouldn't Lead to Complacency, Lawyers Say

22 Sep 2023 by Mara Lee

Morgan Lewis attorneys said that although the number of detentions by CBP under suspicion of Xinjiang content in the automotive and aerospace sector don't suggest there's a high risk of exposure to Uyghur labor in supply chains, importers should recognize that the issue of forced labor enforcement in the sector is not going away.Read More >>

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FMC Reviewing Late Filed Comments on D&D Rule

22 Sep 2023 by Noah Garfinkel

Federal Maritime Commission staff have "nearly" completed the drafting process for the commission's upcoming final rule on detention and demurrage, and are "reviewing several late filed subsequent comments that have come in within the past month," FMC General Counsel Chris Hughey said at a Sept. 21 FMC meeting.Read More >>

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CIT Says Reliquidation Possible for Section 232 Tariff Exclusion Cases, Remands to Commerce

7 Sep 2023 by Jacob Kopnick

The Court of International Trade in a Sept. 6 opinion rejected a U.S. motion to dismiss cases from three importers challenging the Commerce Department's denial of their Section 233 steel tariff exclusion requests. The government said the cases should be…Read More >>

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Cynthia Allen Leaves FedEx Logistics

Cynthia Allen left FedEx Logistics on Sept. 7, and will be “taking some time off with family and friends to lazily contemplate my next career move,” she said in a post on LinkedIn. Allen, a former member of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) who had previously led CBP’s ACE Business Office, was vice president of regulatory affairs and compliance at the company.

Acting AUSTR for Europe and Middle East Named

Bryant Trick, a career staffer at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, was named acting assistant USTR for Europe and the Middle East. Before this appointment, announced Sept. 5, Trick served as deputy assistant USTR for Korea. The new role covers the EU, the rest of Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa.

Before joining USTR, Trick was a foreign service officer in U.S. embassies in Korea, Germany and Ukraine, and was deputy director at the State Department's Office of Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein Affairs.

Former Arnold & Porter Senior Associate Joins Husch Blackwell as Partner

Dan Wilson, former senior associate at Arnold & Porter, has joined Husch Blackwell as an international trade partner in the Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced. Joining the Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation industry group, Wilson carries experience in antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings and customs matters.

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