CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
FORT LAUDERDALE -- CBP is expanding its partnership with the Homeland Security Investigations Cyber Crimes Unit, and is including large brokers and software developers in the effort to use "these HSI resources to help identify cyber attacks before they happen, said Shari McCann, director of commercial operations for CBP's Office of Trade.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai gave testimony April 17 to the Senate Finance Committee regarding President Joe Biden’s 2024 trade policy agenda. She touched mainly on trade deal enforcement, U.S. exporters’ access to new markets and the USTR’s new stance on digital trade, though she also discussed issues such as forced labor and the upcoming legislation on the Generalized System of Preferences benefits program.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is beginning a new Section 301 investigation on alleged unfair practices in China’s maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors, the agency said in a news release April 17.
President Joe Biden on April 17 called for a “tripling” of Section 301 tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum, urging the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to “consider” the increase from the current average 7.5% rate in its ongoing review of Section 301 tariffs.
CBP named Dina Amato the new director of the agency’s Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program, a CBP spokesperson confirmed. Amato started in the new role April 8. She was most recently assistant director for trade of CBP’s Miami/Tampa field office, “where she had oversight over trade and agriculture operations for the entire state of Florida,” the spokesperson said.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 15 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 16 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
FORT LAUDERDALE -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission has extended its e-filing “beta” pilot another two months, allowing filing to continue for 37 importers and 21 customs brokers participating in the pilot until mid-June, said Sabrina Keller, deputy director of CPSC’s Office of Import Surveillance, on April 16. The pilot had been scheduled to end April 16 without the extension, she said, speaking at the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America annual conference. Six months in, the commission has “a lot of good data and a lot of good information,” she said.
On April 15, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: