Kharon, a compliance risk adviser, said over a million kilograms of shoes and related footwear products have been sent to the U.S. by a company whose factory in Quanzhou, China, has accepted dozens of workers from the Xinjiang region. Those workers were placed by government labor transfer programs under the guise of poverty alleviation.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's new automated message process for plants, vegetables and fruit imports (see 230707001) will help importers know more quickly if they have submitted a species or subspecies that doesn't exist, and, if accurate data is submitted ahead of arrival, should help cargo get released more quickly.
The titanium sponge working group, convened after a Section 232 report on the product, as an alternative to imposing tariffs or tariff rate quotas, says that eliminating the 15% tariff on titanium sponge could benefit domestic titanium producers.
The White House said the U.S. and Mongolia are exploring opportunities to increase trade. A joint statement with Mongolia said they want to "pursue opportunities for cooperation in the mineral resources sector, clean energy, food security, and the digital economy through existing and new mechanisms, including for capacity building and trade promotion."
China's exports of cars have jumped sharply as its domestic car demand has flattened, experts said, but the impacts for U.S. auto production may not repeat what happened to other manufacturing sectors undercut by cheap Chinese imports.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., talked about the U.S.-Korea trade deal, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and the Inflation Reduction Act's restrictions on electric vehicle battery inputs with top Korean officials during a recent visit to Soeul.
Mexico has rejected a rapid response mechanism complaint from the U.S. concerning employer actions at a lead, zinc and copper mine called San Martin, in Zacatecas state. This is the first time Mexico has disagreed with a request, but the government signaled this position during the trinational summit last month (see 2307070043).
The interagency committee that manages rapid response labor complaints under the USMCA made one pro-business change to the petition and investigation guidelines, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce highlighted in a recent blog post.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, joined by 30 other trade groups, told the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees' leadership that they oppose the Level the Playing Field Act 2.0, which would rewrite antidumping and countervailing duty laws to favor domestic interests.
Sayari, a firm that sells risk intelligence to companies with international trade compliance needs, demonstrated how its ability to find and analyze data can help an importer of laminates, flooring or timber evaluate the risk that the wood was harvested illegally in Brazil.