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.
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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 for $800 of duty free shipments from around the world to enter the U.S. Those packages do not face the same scrutiny as those coming in from formal entry. Christa…
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 primary goal? Cementing the legal underpinnings of the de minimis loophole and getting ahead of the backlash. This is necessary for them, because the exponential growth of de minimis shipments…
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.
Homeland Security Inspector General Says CBP Still Not Effectively Screening International Mail
Customs and Border Protection are struggling to inspect nearly a billion small parcels bombarding the U.S. by international mail. Are they really up to this impossible task?
Small Package Shipment Imports Don’t Work: Evidence Pours In
Evidence continues to pour in that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can’t do its job against the daily tidal wave of small packages sent from abroad. CBP has warned for years that “the increase in small packages is permitting bad actors to operate with relative impunity.” However advocates for the lawlessness, namely express shippers…
Senators Demand Clarity On Imports In New Bill, Seeking Consumer Protection & Better Trade Rules Enforcement
Manifest Modernization Act would require companies like FedEx and DHL, which import goods into the U.S., to follow same rules as ocean shipping companies. The bill was written by Sens. Cassidy and Whitehouse.
Ron DeSantis Supports Removing China Most Favored Nation, Changing De Minimis Rules
In a speech to the Heritage Foundation, Presidential Candidate Ron DeSantis talks China policy for first time.
U.S. Textile Industry Faced With Flooded Asian Goods, Ask Senate For Help
Yarns and fabrics from Asia are finding their way into the U.S. through a free trade deal that’s not meant for them. Kim Glas of NCTO discusses the impacts.
Falsehoods & Facts: The Truth About De Minimis
Background De minimis is a regulatory loophole. It was morphed from a tiny customs administrative exception into a backdoor superhighway through our ports. The regulatory changes to de minimis enabled overseas vendors around the world to ship directly to American citizens, currently to the tune of two million per day. And they do this without…
