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Brian Feito

Brian Feito, Managing Editor, International Trade Today, Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. A licensed customs broker who spent time at the Department of Commerce calculating antidumping and countervailing duties, Brian covers a wide range of subjects including customs and trade-facing product regulation, the courts, antidumping and countervailing duties and Mexico and the European Union. Brian is a graduate of the University of Florida and George Mason University. He joined the staff of Warren Communications News in 2012.

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APHIS Proposes to Effectively Qualify All Mexican Pork as Free of Swine Fever, Remove Trade Barrier
August 7, 2017 by Brian Feito|USDA

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to end a ban on importation of fresh pork and pork products for classical swine fever (CSF) reasons from most of Mexico, after finding the entire country to be essentially free of the illness. APHIS already recognizes nine Mexican states as free of CSF: Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora and Yucatan. Under the proposal, fresh pork and pork products would be eligible for importation from every Mexican state, and APHIS would add the entire country of Mexico to its Web list of regions considered to be free of CSF but from which live pork, swine and pork products can be imported to the U.S. under conditions specified in 9 CFR 94.32. Comments are due Oct. 7.

Topics:Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Chinese Exporter Appeals Racketeering Lawsuit Against Competitors
July 5, 2017 by Brian Feito|Top News

A Chinese garlic exporter appealed the dismissal of its racketeering lawsuit against its Chinese competitors and their U.S. representatives. Harmoni International says a U.S. law firm, a New Mexico garlic farmer and others involved in the garlic trade with China are conspiring to fraudulently obtain lower antidumping duty rates while inflating Harmoni’s (see 1603100018). Though charges of racketeering were dismissed in Los Angeles federal court in November, the District Court recently allowed that part of the case to proceed to the Ninth Circuit, where Harmoni filed its appeal on June 29.