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December 14, 2018
President Xi Jinping met with President Trump to reach an agreement on China-US economic and trade issues. According to the "People's Republic of China Foreign Trade Law", "People's Republic of China Import and Export Tariff Regulations" and other laws and regulations...
December 7, 2018
On June 27, 2018, the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) and two of its member companies, Sim-Tex, LP, of Waller, Texas, and Kurt Orban Partners, LLC, of Burlingame, California, filed suit in the United States Court of International Trade, challenging th...
October 22, 2018
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Savannah Port of Entry seized 591 cartons of pistol magazines bearing the Glock trademark. The value of the seized merchandise was approximately $2 million. The importation of the magazines with the Glock trademark on th...
July 3, 2018
On September 26, 2017, U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a trade notice, regarding issuance of penalties as a consequence of Wood Packaging Material Violations (WPM).
Effective November 1, 2017, responsible parties with a documented WPM violation may be issued a...
June 30, 2018
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today released a list of products imported from China that will be subject to additional tariffs as part of the U.S. response to China’s unfair trade practices related to the forced transfer of American techno...
March 21, 2017
On March 14, 2017, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations, at the Charleston seaport, seized an estimated $1.1 million in counterfeit mobile phone accessories originating from China, including phone cases, chargers, cables, and headphones....
February 21, 2017
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Savannah Port of Entry seized 591 cartons of pistol magazines bearing the Glock trademark. The value of the seized merchandise was approximately $2 million. The importation of the magazines with the Glock trademark on th...
February 15, 2017
On February 8, 2017, the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO’s) issued a report regarding supply chain security and member benefits under the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Program (C-TPAT). Click here to read the full report. The C-TPAT Program...
February 2, 2017
With Super Bowl XLIX approaching, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center), Houston Police Department and the National Football League (NFL), joined f...
January 24, 2017
On January 20, 2017, a Missouri woman was sentenced in federal court for selling more than $90 million worth of counterfeit cell phone components including, but not limited to, replacement screens, lithium batteries, weight scales, phone cases and internal circuitry, t...
October 22, 2018
February 21, 2017