A service ofTim Warren is Managing Editor of International Trade Today, Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. He has led the International Trade Today editorial team since it was purchased by Warren Communications News in 2012 and was on the staff of Communications Daily before that. Tim is a 2005 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts and lives in Maryland with his wife and three kids.
Biography for Tim WarrenRecent Articles by Tim WarrenUSTR to Extend Period of COVID-19 Product Exclusions From Section 301 TariffsThe Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will allow a short-term extension for the exclusions on goods used to treat COVID-19 from Section 301 tariffs on goods from China, it said in a notice posted on the agency's website. The…Subscribe to Read >>
Watchdog Group Asks CBP for WRO on Apple ProductsImported Apple products should be subject to a withhold release order and blocked at the ports due to possible involvement of forced labor in China, Campaign for Accountability said in Sept. 27 filing. "The seizure of Apple imports credibly tied…Subscribe to Read >>
DHS Report to Congress Lays Out Established Timelines for Forced Labor ActionsCBP released details on the timelines used for responding to allegations of forced labor in a supply chain, in a July 30 report to Congress posted to the Department of Homeland Security website Sept. 22. The timelines “generally reflect the…Subscribe to Read >>
CBP May Leave Funding Questions Out of Customs Modernization EffortCBP's legislative proposal related to the 21st Century Customs framework may leave out discussion of possible alternative funding sources, said Garrett Wright, who leads the 21CCF effort as director of trade modernization at CBP's Office of Trade. "We are considering…Subscribe to Read >>
CBP Allowing FTZ Storage of Some Goods Stopped Under WROs, Public Guidance Still in DevelopmentCBP field officers were instructed to allow for foreign-trade zone storage of goods stopped under a withhold release order while an admissibility decision is made, said Jim Swanson, CBP director-cargo and conveyance security and controls, speaking at the National Association…Subscribe to Read >>
USTR to Extend Period of COVID-19 Product Exclusions From Section 301 Tariffs
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will allow a short-term extension for the exclusions on goods used to treat COVID-19 from Section 301 tariffs on goods from China, it said in a notice posted on the agency's website. The…Subscribe to Read >>
Watchdog Group Asks CBP for WRO on Apple Products
Imported Apple products should be subject to a withhold release order and blocked at the ports due to possible involvement of forced labor in China, Campaign for Accountability said in Sept. 27 filing. "The seizure of Apple imports credibly tied…Subscribe to Read >>
DHS Report to Congress Lays Out Established Timelines for Forced Labor Actions
CBP released details on the timelines used for responding to allegations of forced labor in a supply chain, in a July 30 report to Congress posted to the Department of Homeland Security website Sept. 22. The timelines “generally reflect the…Subscribe to Read >>
CBP May Leave Funding Questions Out of Customs Modernization Effort
CBP's legislative proposal related to the 21st Century Customs framework may leave out discussion of possible alternative funding sources, said Garrett Wright, who leads the 21CCF effort as director of trade modernization at CBP's Office of Trade. "We are considering…Subscribe to Read >>
CBP Allowing FTZ Storage of Some Goods Stopped Under WROs, Public Guidance Still in Development
CBP field officers were instructed to allow for foreign-trade zone storage of goods stopped under a withhold release order while an admissibility decision is made, said Jim Swanson, CBP director-cargo and conveyance security and controls, speaking at the National Association…Subscribe to Read >>