Fentanyl Hearing Starring Country Music Star Jelly Roll Talks Sanctions; Mainly Threatens China
This week’s Senate Banking Committee hearing on fentanyl was high on celebrity, short on solutions.
Uyghur Forced Labor Law Faces Formidable Opponent With De Minimis Rule In Place, Homeland, Customs Tells House Hearing
The roughly two-year-old Uyghur Forced Labor Law (UFLPA) may be pushing a boulder uphill thanks in large part to the de minimis provision that allows
Nippon Steel’s US Steel Corporation Offer Should Be Killed, CPA Board Member Bill Jones Believes. Here’s Why.
The world’s fourth largest steel producer – Nippon Steel of Japan – made an offer to buy the third largest steelmaker in the U.S., U.S. Steel Corporation, in an all cash purchase priced at $55 a share in December, nearly double the company’s share price from early August.
U.S. Trade Deficit Surprisingly Falls In November But 2023 Goods Deficit Still Over $1 Trillion
The U.S. trade deficit fell by 2% in November over the previous month, with both exports and imports relatively flat ahead of the holiday season.
China Derisking? Not Really. Some Goods Now Sourced from Chinese Companies in Vietnam
Supply chains are still in the hands of Chinese companies but have been “rejiggered” to Vietnam and elsewhere.
Customs Modernization Act of 2023, the Metastasized Cancer of Regulatory Capture
For the last five years, a cabal of attorneys and trade compliance professionals have been plotting to destroy what’s left of U.S. customs law. Their
Trump Tariffs are ‘Bad’; Lighthizer is ‘Wrong’, WSJ Editorial Board Tells Us
A CPA rebuttal to a WSJ Editorial Team op-ed on Jan. 2 bemoaning China tariffs by both Biden and Trump.
U.S. Trade Deal with the U.K. Dies Quietly. Rest in Peace.
After roughly two years of back and forth on opening more markets to free trade between the U.S. and U.K., both sides have given up. Why that’s a good thing.
Congressman Blumenauer Holds Special De Minimis Meeting As Importers Dig In
Democratic members of the trade subcommittee at House Ways & Means gets an earful on why ‘de minimis’ should be reformed, or terminated.
House China Select Committee Has Big Recommendations For Congress In 2024
The House China Select Committee released its 52 page strategy report for 2024. Here’s what’s inside, and what might be missing.