While AI technology providers often tout their ability to classify imported goods, AI might be more useful in helping importers and customs brokers document a large amount of entry data, according to Phillip Poland, who was speaking on an Oct. 22 webinar sponsored by the American Association of Exporters and Importers on AI and reasonable care.
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President Donald Trump told a TV interviewer that there would be "surgical" reductions to reciprocal tariffs, and that he intends to lower tariffs on coffee.
As customs brokers and importers respond to sudden changes in U.S. trade compliance regulations, the trade will need to come up with new models that can allow companies to be nimble when those changes trickle down to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, trade expert Cindy Allen said recently at the Automotive Industry Action Group's North American Customs and Trade Town Hall on Nov. 6 in Detroit.
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Mento Joins Baker Tilly to Lead Customs and Trade Practice
Pete Mento is joining consultancy Baker Tilly to “lead and develop” its customs and global trade practice, he said on LinkedIn. The practice will “be focused on client solutions to manage and reduce tariffs with a strict eye toward compliance and technology driven solutions,” he said.
Pete Mento Leaves Role as DSV Customs Director
Pete Mento is leaving his role as director of global customs for DSV, he said in a post on LinkedIn. He said he will return to his “focus of minimizing and eliminating tariffs for importers,” and will have “more on that later.”
Former CBP Lawyer Rejoins Yormick Law, Opens Puerto Rico Office
Coraly Schreiber, a former CBP attorney, has rejoined international trade boutique firm Yormick Law as counsel, opening an office in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the firm announced. Schreiber worked for CBP for over 19 years, including as branch chief of the fines, penalties and forfeitures division and later as an attorney-adviser. After a five-month stint at Yormick Law in 2023, Schreiber then went back to CBP to serve as an international trade analyst, then as a fines and penalties administrator.
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