A California e-commerce solutions provider has been granted a customs broker license, which the company said will enable it to conduct business on behalf of e-commerce merchants. Passport Global of Palo Alto said its new ability to work as a broker complements its existing offerings in logistics and cross-border management.
A joint Cybersecurity Advisory highlighted the threat of targeted Russian hacking of Western logistics companies involved in aid shipments to Ukraine, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced on May 21.
Logistics solutions software provider WiseTech Global Limited is acquiring supply chain software-as-a-service platform e2open, the companies announced May 25.
Chinese companies on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List are establishing subsidiaries away from Xinjiang to avoid U.S. scrutiny, risk intelligence firm Kharon said May 20.
Acting Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Mark Uyeda recently suggested that the U.S. government should reconsider the effectiveness of reporting requirements under the SEC's conflict minerals rule as a tool to safeguard against human rights abuses in Africa.
The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) has updated its Due Diligence Reporting Template for forced labor to include an annual due diligence reporting date for suppliers, the company announced in a May 13 release.
As the second Trump administration's tariffs begin to bite, small businesses are more vulnerable to price increases and supply shocks than are large companies, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce warned the Trump administration at an event celebrating its Small Business Day on May 1.
U.S. small business importers need a tariff exclusion process to avoid "irreparable harm," the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said in a letter to the secretaries of commerce and the treasury and the U.S. trade representative.
With so much uncertainty occurring with U.S. import regulations, companies should develop multiple strategies that address potentially different tariff outcomes, with some strategies being deployed in the short-term and others being deployed further down the road as the geopolitical situation becomes more clear, according to trade experts with professional services firm KPMG.
Domestic and foreign automakers, auto dealers and MEMA, the suppliers' association, asked the treasury secretary, commerce secretary and U.S. trade representative to rescind the planned 25% tariff on auto parts, which is now planned for early May under a Section 232 national security action.