The Trump administration could be laying the groundwork to take broad and sweeping action on trade policy around April 1 when an internal review on U.S. trade policy is due, according to trade lawyers from Barnes Richardson.
The chairman of the House Select Committee on China said Jan. 22 that the U.S. should take a harder line against China's aggressive policies on trade, investment and other matters.
When the House Ways and Means Committee asked all House members for their opinions on what should belong in the tax cut bill the Republicans are shaping, Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., used the opportunity to talk about both taxes and trade.
CBP is pushing back by a week the target deployment date for the third release of the Section 321 enhancement in ACE, according to the agency's latest Notional Deployment and Development Schedule for ACE.
A CBP official confirmed that the deployment of its $800 Section 321 validation in ACE went smoothly over the weekend. The agency had delayed the deployment in ACE twice because of "performance issues" (see 2501170074).
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On his first day in office, the president directed the heads of agencies that deal with trade, tariff collection and trade remedies to:
CBP will try again to deploy the second release of the Section 321 -- Does Not Exceed $800 in Aggregated Shipments enhancement in ACE on Jan. 18, according to a cargo systems message.
No goods subject to special trade remedies -- 99.9% of which are subject to Section 301 tariffs -- would be able to enter as de minimis shipments under a proposed rule released by CBP Jan. 17.
No goods subject to special trade remedies would be able to enter de minimis -- which primarily affects goods subject to Section 301 tariffs -- under a proposed rule released by CBP Jan. 17.