Miscellaneous International Trade Notices
Shippers NewsWire reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun to expand its cargo security strategy beyond weeding out high-risk international shipments to include a domestic component designed to provide comprehensive supply chain security from point of origin to final destination. According to the article, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is developing domestic security policies to prevent truck, rail, barge or air modes of transport within the U.S. from being used to attack critical transport networks or transfer a mass destruction weapon to high-value targets, and is taking its cues from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). (SNW dated 01/19/05, www.americanshipper.com.)
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1. DHS Expands Cargo Security Strategy to Include a Domestic Component
2. Foreign Visitors to Be Fingerprinted at Canadian Border, Etc.
WCCO has reported that border guards in International Falls, MN and other busy northern crossings would start fingerprinting foreign visitors by the end of 2004, as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) clamps down on the Canadian border. In addition, technology including motion-detecting sensors and land- and air-based surveillance of deserted stretches will also be used to improve security. (WCCO, dated 12/07/04, available at http://wcco.com/siteSearch/local_story_342175633.html)
3. Treasury Issues Proposed Rule on Terrorism Insurance Program
The Treasury Department has issued a proposed rule as part of its implementation of Title I of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002. This proposed rule would clarify that, for purposes of calculating insurer deductibles and meeting the requirements for claiming the Federal share of compensation for insured losses, affiliations are to be determined based on the insurer's circumstances as of the date of the first certified act of terrorism in a Terrorism Insurance Program year. Written comments are due by February 17, 2005. (FR Pub 01/18/05, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-925.pdf)