The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated June 16. The following headquarters rulings were modified recently, according to CBP:
CBP posted multiple documents ahead of the June 23 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting:
The auto industry will begin to comply with USMCA's auto rules of origin soon, but one of the biggest questions on regional value content continues to be contested. Dan Ujczo, a senior counsel for Thompson Hine's international trade practice and a USMCA expert, said summary reports from USMCA committees show that Mexican, Canadian and U.S. officials were unable to agree on how regional content should be calculated.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated June 15. The following headquarters rulings were modified recently, according to CBP:
Regulatory agencies with import authorities listed several new rules in their first regulatory agenda since the arrival in office of President Joe Biden. New rulemakings listed by the agencies include new restrictions on chemicals, a slate of regulatory amendments related to Section 232 investigations, and a new proposal on administrative destruction of medical devices refused entry.
The Treasury Department published its spring 2021 regulatory agenda for CBP. The agenda includes some details about a proposal to change USMCA rules for non-preferential origin determinations for merchandise imported from Canada or Mexico. The proposal was previously disclosed by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, within the Office of Management and Budget (see 2105120051), where it remains under review.
During a wide-ranging interview on trade with International Trade Today, Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., said she would like to advance Section 232 reform in the House, get the Generalized System of Preferences benefits program and the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill back in place, and, if warranted, weigh in with the U.S. trade representative on USMCA.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, ahead of the first USMCA Labor Council meeting June 29, is inviting the public to suggest topics to discuss at the meeting, or questions for U.S., Mexican or Canadian participants. Comments are due June 22, and can be sent to Brenna Dougan with the subject line USMCA Labor Council Meeting at USMCA.labor@ustr.eop.gov, or to Samantha Tate, division chief for USMCA Monitoring and Enforcement, Office of Trade and Labor Affairs at the Labor Department, ILAB-Outreach@DOL.gov.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai told union members that steelworkers have faced unfair competition due to overcapacity, and that she'll be talking to her counterparts in Europe next week about how to create "new standards to combat the harmful industrial policies of China and other countries that undermine our ability to compete."
The U.S. activated the rapid response mechanism under USMCA for the second time, as U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh agreed with the AFL-CIO and other petitioners that there is “sufficient credible evidence” that Tridonex workers at an auto parts factory in Matamoros are being denied free association and collective bargaining rights.