GHY discusses changes to international trade regulations and explores cutting-edge compliance strategies.
Posted March 28, 2019
With counterfeit products on the rise thanks in part to the boom in e-commerce and despite calls for coordinated action on the part of governments around the world to combat the problem, for now the onus remains with trademark owners to be proactive in guarding their interests and ensuring that the value of their intellectual property isn’t being undermined by cheap knockoffs. Continue Reading
Posted November 06, 2018
Under International Trade Issues, Trade Compliance News, U.S. Customs Issues
As part of an effort to modernize the handling of certain low-value imports, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that beginning next year all commercial truck shipments containing “Section 321 merchandise” will be required to file an advance electronic manifest. Continue Reading
Posted November 01, 2018
U.S. Customs says it plans to focus on four major areas aimed at “further enhancing the agency’s security posture, modernizing import and export processes, improving our trade intelligence, and maximizing efficiencies,” according to a recently published “Trade Strategy 2020” that it says “provides a framework for our priorities within CBP’s overarching mission to provide trade security, enforcement and facilitation.” Continue Reading
Posted March 27, 2018
Under International Trade Issues, Trade Compliance News, U.S. Customs Issues
Earlier this month, U.S. Customs and Border Protection released a long-awaited strategic position paper describing how the agency intends to cope with safety and security risks posed by the increasing number of low-value, high-volume cross-border shipments resulting from the global shift in trade to an e-commerce platform. Continue Reading
Posted January 05, 2018
Ahead of the NAFTA talks entering what could be a final make or break phase later this month, the U.S. Department of Commerce has released a new report “to inform policymakers, business leaders, and others” about the current state of America’s digital trade with Canada and Mexico; one of the few areas where officials say they have been making “solid progress” in the otherwise deadlocked negotiations to modernize NAFTA. Continue Reading
Posted June 06, 2017
The trade group representing online service providers such as Google, Amazon, eBay and Facebook has released a white paper outlining the industry’s top priorities in the upcoming NAFTA talks including provisions aiming to promote the free flow of data, block forced data localization, and streamline a variety of “burdensome” customs procedures that currently inhibit the ability of small and medium-sized companies to ship items abroad in a cost-effective way. Continue Reading
