The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Aug. 19. The following headquarters rulings were modified recently, according to CBP:
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Several trade groups representing businesses would like the USMCA's rapid labor mechanism for dealing with Mexico labor violations to be far less rapid, according to their suggestions on how the process should go. The National Foreign Trade Council, the Retail Industry Leaders Association and the National Retail Federation submitted nearly identical comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, which posted them publicly late on Aug. 17. They said that those arguing that Mexicans' rights to collective bargaining and freedom of association are being abridged by an employer should “be required to exhaust all other avenues prior to filing petitions.”
While many expect a President Joe Biden to be less protectionist than President Donald Trump, Michael Smart, a managing director at Rock Creek Global Advisors and former international trade counsel for Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee, wasn't ready to say that Biden would roll back tariffs on either China or Europe, though he did say that Biden wouldn't “go after the European Union” as Trump has. He said that a Trump or a Biden administration would have the same focus on expanding Buy American rules, which cover government procurement.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Aug. 17. The following headquarters rulings were modified recently, according to CBP:
FDA is finalizing new requirements for manufacturers of hydrolyzed and fermented foods bearing “gluten-free” claims, a notice published Aug. 13 said. Prompted by the difficulty of testing such foods for gluten, FDA’s final rule requires that manufacturers making such claims keep records that prove their hydrolyzed and fermented foods labeled “gluten-free” comply with the 20 ppm threshold set by the agency in a 2013 final rule (see 13080213), by showing the food or any ingredient is below the limit before fermentation or hydrolysis occurs. Records also need to show measures to prevent gluten cross-contact. The final rule takes effect Oct. 13.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Aug. 11 The following headquarters rulings were modified recently, according to CBP:
The broader impact of CBP's ruling on unsold low-value goods imported under Section 321 exemptions may be somewhat limited, industry experts said in recent interviews. The ruling (see 2007310036) laid out how the agency determines what entities can be considered a “person” for unsold Section 321 shipments.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated July 30. The following headquarters rulings were modified recently, according to CBP:
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated July 23. The following headquarters rulings were modified recently, according to CBP:
House Ways and Means Committee ranking member Kevin Brady, R-Texas, one of the four players directing the shape of a USMCA technical corrections bill, said that the “language was a little different than the intent” when it came to the treatment of foreign-trade zones in USMCA's implementing bill. Brady and the leaders of the Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees see getting a technical corrections bill passed as “a high priority,” he said in a recent interview.