U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the Trump administration will recommend renewal of USMCA only if 20 issues can be resolved, and maybe more, as he told Congress this isn't an exhaustive list.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Dec. 1-7 and 8-14:
The following customs brokers' national permits are revoked without prejudice for failure to pay the annual permit user fee for 2025, CBP said in a notice.
CBP released a spreadsheet intended to help importers and customs brokers determine which current tariffs may apply concurrently to the same product. A link to the new spreadsheet was included in an update Dec. 17 to the agency’s FAQ on International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs.
The National Marine Fisheries Service still expects Jan. 1 to be the start date for the agency requiring certifications of admissibility (COA) from companies importing fish and fish products from certain countries that may have U.S.-imposed import restrictions, officials said on a Dec. 16 webinar on the issue.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP’s base metals Center of Excellence and Expertise recently released new guidance on calculating steel, aluminum and copper content for Section 232 duty calculation purposes.
CBP has been tightening its enforcement on reporting of steel and aluminum content for Section 232 duty purposes, based on criteria that have yet to be made public in formal guidance, according to customs brokers and trade attorneys interviewed by International Trade Today.
Kristi App joined the Port of New Orleans as its chief commercial officer, the port said in a LinkedIn post. App, vice president of the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America and president of the New Orleans broker association, had been chief operating officer at J.W. Allen.
CBP improperly denied importer Software Brokers of America, doing business as Intcomex, the temporary exclusion from International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs on China for in-transit merchandise, the importer argued in a Dec. 5 complaint at the Court of International Trade (Software Brokers of America d/b/a Intcomex v. United States, CIT # 25-00381).