A service ofTim Warren is Managing Editor of International Trade Today and Export Compliance 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 WarrenFootwear Group Objects to CBP's Proposed Athletic Shoe Ruling ModificationsCBP should abandon its proposed ruling modification what would change the classification consideration of footwear with embroidered uppers, the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America told the agency. CBP in its Oct. 16 bulletin proposed to modify rulings to say…Subscribe to Read >>
CBP Finds Section 301 Tariffs Don't Apply to Mattress Base Assembled in VietnamMattress bases largely sourced from China but assembled in Vietnam undergo a substantial transformation and are not subject to the Section 301 tariffs on goods from China, CBP said in an Oct. 30 ruling. The ruling, NY N306524, came…Subscribe to Read >>
DHS Awards Nearly $200,000 for Testing Import Tracking Through BlockchainTransmute Industries will develop a “proof-of-concept application” for CBP meant to help track imports of raw materials under a $198,642 award from the federal government, the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) said in a Nov. 8…Subscribe to Read >>
USTR Issues New Batch of Product Exclusions From List 3 Section 301 TariffsThe U.S Trade Representative issued some new product exclusions from Section 301 tariffs on the third list of products from China, granting exemptions for two 10-digit tariff subheadings, according to a pre-publication copy of a notice posted to the…Subscribe to Read >>
Negotiations to Begin Over Linking ASEAN Single Window With ACEThe U.S. will soon start discussions with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations about a possible connection between ASEAN's customs filing platform with the U.S. platform, the State Department said in a Nov. 3 fact sheet about "Expanding the…Subscribe to Read >>
Footwear Group Objects to CBP's Proposed Athletic Shoe Ruling Modifications
CBP should abandon its proposed ruling modification what would change the classification consideration of footwear with embroidered uppers, the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America told the agency. CBP in its Oct. 16 bulletin proposed to modify rulings to say…Subscribe to Read >>
CBP Finds Section 301 Tariffs Don't Apply to Mattress Base Assembled in Vietnam
Mattress bases largely sourced from China but assembled in Vietnam undergo a substantial transformation and are not subject to the Section 301 tariffs on goods from China, CBP said in an Oct. 30 ruling. The ruling, NY N306524, came…Subscribe to Read >>
DHS Awards Nearly $200,000 for Testing Import Tracking Through Blockchain
Transmute Industries will develop a “proof-of-concept application” for CBP meant to help track imports of raw materials under a $198,642 award from the federal government, the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) said in a Nov. 8…Subscribe to Read >>
USTR Issues New Batch of Product Exclusions From List 3 Section 301 Tariffs
The U.S Trade Representative issued some new product exclusions from Section 301 tariffs on the third list of products from China, granting exemptions for two 10-digit tariff subheadings, according to a pre-publication copy of a notice posted to the…Subscribe to Read >>
Negotiations to Begin Over Linking ASEAN Single Window With ACE
The U.S. will soon start discussions with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations about a possible connection between ASEAN's customs filing platform with the U.S. platform, the State Department said in a Nov. 3 fact sheet about "Expanding the…Subscribe to Read >>