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In August 2021, we introduced our refreshed International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter. We set up our new International Trade blog resource center to provide you with on-demand access to various topics of interest from trade remedies, to supply chains, to foreign investment.

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October 2023 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the October edition of our International Trade Compliance Update. We begin this issue with the launch of a new multi-jurisdictional comparative table of anti-dumping procedures. We also recently launched the Product Risk Radar, a new online content hub that includes the latest important legal developments in product regulatory and liability risk impacting the United Kingdom and European Union and more!


August 2023 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the August edition of our International Trade Compliance Update. We begin with an update on human rights and environmental due diligence requirements in the EU, followed by a recent decision from the European Court that clarifies that national FDI regimes must respect the EU fundamental right of establishment. We also offered recommendations for companies on the tightened import ban on iron and steel imposed by the EU and more!


July 2023 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the July edition of our International Trade Compliance Update. We begin this issue with an analysis of the e-commerce moratorium at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and how free trade agreements may serve as a logical segue for WTO members who wish to keep the moratorium in place.  We also take a look at new export controls imposed for semiconductor-related items in Japan and more!


May 2023 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the May edition of our International Trade Compliance Update. We start this issue with a look at developments in new human rights and export control measures from the United States and explore the United Kingdom announcing that it will join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). We also look at new updates that incentivize companies to submit voluntary self-disclosures of export violations in the US and more!


April 2023 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the April 2023 edition of our International Trade Compliance Update.  We start this issue with a look a developments in the world of trade remedies. We consider the potential impact of reforms planned for the United Kingdom trade remedies regime and outline the next steps in the reform process. We explore what Indonesian exporting producers should know about Indonesia as a target for European Union trade remedy measures. We highlight the changes that made Brazil’s public interest assessment optional for trade defense investigations and sunset reviews. We then review Peru’s new safeguards decision affecting investigation initiation methodology and more!


February/March 2023 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the February/March 2023 edition of our International Trade Compliance Update.  We start this issue by looking at the implications for importers of Mexico’s implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement forced labor import ban. On international trade policy, we consider the remarkable recent trend of countries pivoting toward issue-specific trade agreements, such as Raw Material Agreements and more!


January 2023 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the January 2023 edition of our International Trade Compliance Update. In our first issue of 2023, we start the year with a look at the key takeaways from and in-depth analysis of the United Kingdom’s new subsidy control regime. We also examine thenew EU foreign subsidies regime and the need for large businesses operating in Europe to start preparing for it. We also consider new Canadian legislation that strengthens the National Security Provisions of the Investment Canada Act and more!


December 2022 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the December 2022 edition of our International Trade Compliance Update. In this final issue for 2022, we start with an examination of the recent US Commerce Department’s decision to revoke Russia’s market economy status. We also look at the DOC’s proposal to revise its “Particular Market Situation” methodology to ensure consistency with a recent decision by US courts and more!


November 2022 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the November 2022 edition of our International Trade Compliance Update. In this issue, we take a look at the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States 2021 Annual Report, EC’s proposed regulation for the New Single Market Emergency Instrument, the surprising conclusion from the highest German tax court in the Hamamatsu transfer price / customs valuation case and more!


August/September 2022 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the August/September 2022 edition of our International Trade Compliance Update. In this issue, we end the summer with a review of a United States Directorate of Defense Trade Controls pilot program for Open General Licenses that permits certain reexports and retransfers to certain parties under the International Trade in Arms Regulations, which took effect on 1 August 2022 and runs through 31 July 2023. We also summarize recent amendments to the Swedish dual-use regulations that strengthen the control of dual-use products and technical assistance, which also took effect on 1 August and more!


July 2022 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the July 2022 edition of our International Trade Compliance Update. In this issue, we consider some key implementation issues for the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), the key requirements of the new Norwegian Transparency Act on social sustainability, recent amendments to the Customs Regulation in Turkey, our key takeaways from China’s draft regulations on dual-use item export control and more!”


May 2022 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the May 2022 edition of our International Trade Compliance Update. In this issue, we review the possibility of the expiration on 6 July of the United States section 301 tariffs on “List 1” Chinese goods. We also share some key takeaways from the final version of the European Commission’s Annex 21 to Good Manufacturing Practice Guidelines and more!


April 2022 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the April 2022 edition of our International Trade Compliance Update. In this issue, we review the various methods administrations are using to elevate ESG issues in supply chain due diligence and more!


March 2022 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the March 2022 edition of our International Trade Compliance Update. In this issue, we deep dive into sanctions, export controls and other measures that the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Australia have proposed or imposed against Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine, as well as some reciprocal measures taken by Russia and more!


January 2022 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the January 2022 edition of our International Trade Compliance Update. In our first issue for 2022, we share our expectations on the recent Joint Statement by the United States, Australia, Denmark, and Norway announcing an Export Controls and Human Rights Initiative to curb the misuse of technologies and to combat digital authoritarianism by certain governments and more!


December 2021 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the December 2021edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. For this year’s final issue, we look around the corner and provide key insights into some new trade policies that will take effect in January 2022 and which will affect movement of goods across the EU and foods imports into China.


November 2021 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the November 2021edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. This month’s edition focuses on key insights that are highly relevant for companies in the technology sector and more!


October 2021 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the October 2021edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. This month’s edition features the upcoming US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry’s virtual forum for risks in the Information Communication Technology Supply Chain on 29 October and more!


September 2021 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the September 2021edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. This month’s edition features Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) annual report to Congress for CY20 and more!


August 2021 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the August 2021edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. This month’s edition features recent US developments on increasing Xinjiang-related trade compliance risks and more!


June 2021 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the June 2021edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are the highlights:

  • WTO: Covid-19 and TBT Notifications; DSB actions; Trade Policy Review of Kyrgyz Republic
  • WCO: Operation Pandora; news and events
  • CITES: Notifications 2021/036 through 041
  • FAS GAIN Reports
  • Canada: Miscellaneous regulations and Burma sanctions; Customs Notices; D-Memoranda; AD/CVD cases 
  • Mexico: Diario Oficial acuerdos, decrees and resolutions; AD/CVD cases
  • USA: Presidential actions; cybersecurity risks for energy sector supply chain; USMCA environmental meeting and USMA free trade commission meeting; AGOA review; use of USMCA labor rapid response mechanism; USTR recommends HTSUS modifications; USITC investigations; Aluminum Import Monitoring System updates; joint US-EU statement on excess aluminum capacity; CBP guidance on tranche 3 10% duty technical amendments; Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset distribution; CY 2021 tuna TRQ; advance manifest information for international mail shipments; travel restrictions to/from Mexico and Canada; lifting travel restrictions from Guinea and DR Congo; CBP rail inspections; EAPA actions; forced labors WROs; CBP rulings, CSMS messages; foreign trade zone notices; ITAR proposed update; OFAC authorizations; Somalia sanctions revisions and general licenses; TSRA FAQs; Sudan FAQs updates; Belarusian sanctions; regulations, notices and proposals from CPSC, ATF, CDC, FDA, APHIS, AMS, DEA, Energy, EPA, NMFS; AD/CVD cases and scope ruling
  • Argentina: Boletin Oficial and AD/CVD cases
  • Brazil: GECEX Resolutions, SECEX Circulars and Portarias; AD/CVD cases
  • Chile: Diario Oficial
  • Colombia: MinCIT and DIAN circulars and decrees
  • Peru: Notices and resolutions
  • Australia: ABF notices; legislation and official gazettes, AD/CVD cases
  • China: Retaliatory tariffs update; export control compliance guidelines, MOFCOM and GAC notices
  • India: CBIC tariff and non-tariff notices and circulars; DGFT notifications, AD/CVD cases
  • Myanmar (Burma): Legal effect of US sanctions
  • New Zealand: Gazette notices and orders
  • EU: Official Journal regulations and directives; TBR investigation of ceramic tiles and tequila; strategic dependencies; proposed regulation on foreign subsidiaries; revised dual-use export controls; non-binding resolution on foreign troops in Ukraine; restrictive measures (sanctions); AD/CVD cases
  • EFTA: import/export measures; restrictive measures
  • UK: Updates to information security open licences; UK to launch tariff suspension scheme; legislation, statutory instruments and restrictive measures; AD/CVD cases; HMRC documents and ECJU notices to exporters
  • Turkey: import/export regulations and communiques
  • Ukraine: legislation, resolutions, orders
  • EAEU: Council and Board orders; classification and preliminary decisions
  • Russia: Foreign IT companies to be required to open local offices; companies under sanctions and defense industry organizations may withhold information from foreign auditors
  • South Africa: Secondary legislation – tariff and rule amendments

Plus newsletters, publications and webinars.


May 2021 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the May 2021edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are the highlights:

  • WTO: Ministerial conference set, Covid notifications, TBT notifications; Trade Policy Reviews: Qatar, Tonga, Vietnam; DSB updates
  • WCO: News, Covid measures
  • CITES: Notifications
  • FAS GAIN Reports
  • Canada: Canada-UK trade continuity agreement; updated national security guidelines; regulations, orders, AD/CVD cases; restrictive measures
  • Mexico: Acuerdos, decrees, AD/CVD cases
  • USA: Presidential documents – lifting ICC sanctions; aluminum monitoring system delay; USTR notices; USITC investigations, HTS revisions, USMCA implementation; CIT declares PP 9980 contrary to law; section 301 exclusion amendments; CBP guidance on large residential washing machines TRQ; CBP modifies collection of spirits, wines and beers taxes; CBP publishes quarterly interest rates; US continues restrictions on land/vessel travel to/from Canada and Mexico; import restrictions on Costa Rican artifacts; “Lever rule” applications granted; EAPA actions; CBP rulings; CSMS messages; FTZ orders and notices; BIS updates encryption reporting; new sanctions on Russia; civil penalties increase; BIS adds Chinese tech companies to Entity List; issuer problems with designation of Russian FSS; UAE removed from list of boycott countries; new end-use control for Burma; comments solicited for information and communications technology supply chain transactions; OFAC, BIS and State blocking orders, designations and sanctions; Federal Register import/export/trade notices; AD/CVD cases; 337 cases.
  • Argentina: Resolutions and AD/CVD cases
  • Brazil: SECEX circulars and portarias
  • Chile: Resolutions and decrees
  • Colombia: MinCIT and DIAN decrees and circulars
  • Peru: SUNAT, MinCETUR and INDECOPI resolutions, Law on labelling and verification of technical requirements for industrial products
  • Australia: Notices, gazettes, legislation, AD/CVD cases
  • China: Mofcom and GAC notices and announcements, AD/CVD cases
  • India: CBIC and DGFT notifications, notices, circulars, AD/CVD cases
  • New Zealand: Clearance fees, gazettes
  • Singapore: RCEP ratification, customs circular
  • Thailand: Focus on post-clearance audits and post-review activities
  • Vietnam: New duty treatment regime applied to exported/imported goods
  • EU: Adjust additional duties on certain US products; sanctions lifted on Iraqi entities; new guidance on distance sales; EU classification regulations; Official Journal regulations and decisions; restrictive measures; AD/CVD cases
  • Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland: trade measures, restrictive measures
  • UK: Legislation (inc. statutory instruments), global anti-corruption sanctions; UK-Serbia trade agreement; new guidance on technology exports, Myanmar (Burma) sanctions, restrictive measures, trade measures; HMRC documents
  • Turkey: Customs and import communiques; FTA joint decisions
  • Ukraine: New Russian sanctions; legislation
  • Eurasian Economic Union: Council and Board decisions
  • North Africa: Manufacturing and marketing of pharma. products in 7 Francophile countries
  • South Africa: Tariff and rules amendments

Plus links to videos of past webinars and registration information for current Webinar series.


April 2021 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the April 2021edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are the highlights:

  • WTO: trade policy reviews (Saudi Arabia, Mongolia); Brazil accession kick-off for Gov’t Procurement Agreement; DSB activities; TBT notifications; Covid-19 notifications
  • WCO: Agenda for 67th HSC meeting; news and events
  • G7 statement on Russian sanctions over Crimea
  • GAIN reports
  • CITES: Notifications
  • Canada: Xinjiang related sanctions; consultation on UK trade negotiations; regulations, proposals and notices, links to Burma, China, Russia and Tunisia sanctions; customs notices, D-Memoranda and AD/CVD investigations
  • Mexico: Diario Oficial; AD/CVD cases
  • USA: Revocation of Proc. 10014 and others; Exec. Order on supply chains; national emergency extensions for Ukraine, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Iran, South Sudan and cyber-related activities; President’s trade agenda; WTO dispute on Hong Kong marking; quota negotiations with EU; ITC investigations; aluminum licensing delayed; European and UK sec. 301 tariffs suspended for 4 months; update on DST sec. 301 investigations; China sec. 301 Covid-19 extensions; Canada and Mexico travel restrictions extended; advance electronic information on mail; import restrictions on Colombian archaeological materials; country of origin determinations in procurement cases; “Lever” rule application; EAPA final determination; WRO  process for force labor allegations; forced labor finding on Malaysian gloves; CSMS messages; FTZ orders; export controls and sanctions update re: Burmese military, Russia re: Navalny; various OFAC/BIS/State sanctions list amendments; CPSC test methods; FDA, CDC, USDA, APHIS, EPA, DEA, Energy, etc. Federal Register notices; sec. 337 cases, ADD/CVD cases and scope determinations; customs rulings revocations and modifications
  • Argentina: ADD/CVD; Common Nomenclature revisions; revenue notices
  • Brazil: GECEX resolutions; SECEX circulars and portarias;  AD/CVD cases;
  • Chile: notices and resolutions
  • Colombia: MinCIT and DIAN notices, circulars, etc.
  • Peru: SUNAT and trade resolutions and decrees
  • Australia: ABF notices; Gazettes; AD/CVD cases, UN sanctions; Acts of Parliament
  • China and Hong Kong, China: MOFCOM, Tariff Commission and Customs announcements, notices; AD/CVD cases
  • India: CBIC tariff and non-tariff notifications; circulars and instructions; DGFT notifications and public notices; AD/CVD cases
  • Japan: AD case against South Korea
  • European Union and EFTA: Myanmar military sanctions; human rights sanctions; Covid-19 vaccine export restrictions; suspension of large aircraft tariffs on US goods; tariff classification regulations; CNEN revisions; Official Journal regulations and decisions; restrictive measures; AD/CVD cases
  • Switzerland: Myanmar sanctions and sanctions (restrictive measures) ordinances; import and export related ordinances; cross border alcohol and tobacco movement
  • Norway: import and export regulations, restrictive measures
  • Iceland: import and export regulations
  • Liechtenstein: hazardous chemicals amendment, restrictive measures
  • United Kingdom: Myanmar sanctions; Xinjiang-related sanctions; Syria sanctions; OFSI monetary penalty guidance; import/export and trade related legislation; HMRC and DIT updates; notice to exporters
  • Turkey: tariff quotas; import surveillance; import restrictions; import communiques; interim FTAs; UN sanctions; unfair import competition
  • Ukraine: Russian sanctions, import decisions, national security
  • Eurasian Economic Union: Council and Board decisions related to imports, tariff classification, procedures, etc.
  • South Africa: tariff rate quotas, customs duties

Plus links to videos of past webinars and registration information for current Webinar series.


March 2021 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the March 2021 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are the highlights:

  • WTO: New Director General, Covid-19 notifications, Myanmar trade policy review, DSB activities, TBT notifications
  • WCO: Announcements and news releases
  • UK, US, Canada announce measures over Xinjiang human rights concerns
  • CITES: Notifications to parties
  • FAS GAIN Reports
  • Canada: Myanmar sanctions, new terrorist listings, regulations and orders, AD/CVD cases, D-Memos, Customs notices, CBSA advance rulings
  • Mexico: Diario Oficial legislative instruments, AD/CVD cases
  • USA: Presidential documents, Burma sanctions, malicious cyber threats, USITC reports, 2021 TRQs for UK, sec. 301 large civil aircraft, UAE aluminum imports, CBP guidance on aluminum, US-Egypt cultural property agreement, Albanian cultural property request, US/Mexico/Canada travel restrictions, COAC meeting, “Lever” rule, EAPA notices, CBP rulings, CSMS messengers, general licenses, EAR end-user controls, BIS implements rescission of Sudan State Sponsor Terrorism designation, restrictive actions, Energy labeling rule, other agency notices, regulations, etc., AD/CVD cases
  • Argentina: Boletin Oficial documents, AD/CVD cases
  • Brazil: Diario Oficial documents, GECEX portarias, AD/CVD cases
  • Chile: Diario Oficial documents
  • Colombia: MinCIT documents
  • Peru: El Peruano documents
  • Australia: Customs notices, Gazettes, AD/CD cases
  • China (including Hong Kong SAR): Customs and MOFCOM documents, China-New Zealand FTA protocol
  • India: CBIC and DGFT notifications, circulars, instructions, AD/CVD cases
  • New Zealand: Gazette notices
  • Singapore: Circular
  • EU-EFTA: Official Journal regulations, decisions, tariff classification regulations, CN explanatory notes
    • Iceland: Regulations, laws, restrictive actions (sanctions), etc.
    • Liechtenstein: Ordinances
    • Norway: Regulations,
    • Switzerland: Ordinances, restrictive actions (sanctions)
  • United Kingdom: statutory instruments, Myanmar sanctions, HMRC updates, trade remedies cases
  • Turkey: Legislation, communiques, import surveillance
  • Ukraine: Sanctions update, trade resolutions and decisions
  • Eurasian Economic Union: Council and Board decisions, links to classification decisions
  • South Africa: Rules and tariff amendments

Plus links to videos of past webinars and registration information for current Webinar series.


February 2021 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the February 2021 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are the highlights:

  • WTO: dispute updates, Covid-19 trade notifications, TBT notifications, Trade Policy Reviews for India and Nicaragua
  • WCO: news and events
  • CITES notifications
  • FAS GAIN reports
  • Canada: new sanctions for forced labour in Xinjiang, China, AD/CVD cases, D-memos, miscellaneous Canada Gazette documents (orders and regulations)
  • Mexico: miscellaneous Diario Oficial documents and AD/CVD cases
  • United States: Trump and Biden presidential actions, Trump targeting Chinese software, USTR sugar announcement, USITC releases 2021 HTS, Census releases 2021 Schedule B, USITC investigations, CBP section 232 and 301 updates, exclusions and drawback, Biden reversal of Trump UAE aluminum quota, residential washers safeguard continues, delay in Aluminum Import Monitoring and Analysis System implementation, USTR Vietnam currency update, USTR sec. 301 DST updates, DOE critical defense order, Kimberley Process updates, US-Canada and US-Mexico travel restrictions, import restriction on certain archaeological and ethnological material from Morocco and Italy, forced labor updates, CBP ruling revocation, CSMS messages, FTZ orders, FEMA export restrictions, FinCEN extension for comments on virtual currency controls, additional sanctions against Turkey, Russia and China, interim final rule on securing the information and communications technology supply chain, EAR changes for Unmanned Aerial System licensing, revision of EAR country groups for Ukraine, Mexico and Cyprus, EAR revisions, OFAC Hong Kong sanctions, Chinese securities, State designates Cuba as a state sponsor or terrorism, trade-related regulations and documents of ATF, TTB, FDA, CDC, Agriculture, government procurement, DOE, EPA, NHTSA, AD/CVD cases and policy
  • Argentina, Brazil: trade related documents and AD/CVD cases
  • Chile, Peru: trade related documents
  • Australia: new penalties for travelers who don’t declare biosecurity goods, customs notices, AD/CVD cases
  • China: new blocking rules, AD cases
  • India: CBIC and DGFT notifications, circulars and instructions, AD/CVD cases
  • EU/EFTA: trade-related regulations, decisions and notices, restrictions and sanctions, AD/CVD cases
  • United Kingdom: application to join CPTPP, UK sanctions, new measures against China over alleged Xinjiang human rights concerns, statutory instruments, HMRC updates, ECJU notices to exporters
  • Turkey: legislation
  • Ukraine: AD case, AEO register
  • Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU): Board decisions
  • Middle East and N. Africa: GCC and Egypt end Qatar boycott
  • South Africa: rules and tariff amendments

Plus links to newsletters, links to recordings of webinars and seminars.


January 2021 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the January 2021 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are the highlights:

  • WTO: UK and Switzerland to participate in revised procurement agreement, Covid-19 trade measures, TBT notifications, trade policy review of Macao, recent disputes and DSB activities.
  • WCO: announcements and news releases.
  • Other international matters: CITES and FAS GAIN reports.
  • Canada: Miscellaneous regulations and proposals, advance rulings, D-Memoranda and customs notices, AD/CVD investigations.
  • Mexico: FTA government procurement thresholds, resolutions and acuerdos, AD/CVD investigations.
  • USA: Presidential documents including proclamation modifying HTS, USTR requests consultations with Canada under USMCA, ITC investigations, Vietnam and Switzerland labeled as currency manipulators, aluminum monitoring system, duty-free imports from Haiti, Sections 232 and 301 updates and CBP guidance (civil aircraft, China Covid-19 products, mobile cranes, steel and aluminum), Special 301 review, broker exams, IRS interest rates, country of origin West Bank and Gaza, guidance on GSP expiration, travel restrictions to Mexico and Canada, CBP documents, CBP final determinations, CBP rulings revoked or modified, EAPA notices and determinations, force labor orders, CSMS messages, foreign-trade zone orders and notices, export control updates (NRC and BIS), Wassenaar, CWC, treatment of Hong Kong, military end-user list, entity list and Huawei updates, FinCEN proposals, OFAC updates – Turkey non-SDN sanctions, Sudan removed from State Sponsor of Terrorism list, DoD restrictions, State extensions due to Covid-19, plus Federal Register notices and documents from ATF, TTB, CDC, FDA, USDA (AMS, APHIS, FSIS, etc.), DEA, EPA, Energy, NHTSA, Millennium Challenge Corp., AD/CVD scope and anti-circumvention rulings and investigations, section 337 investigations.
  • Argentina: Official Bulletin resolutions and decrees, AD/CVD investigations.
  • Brazil: GECEX resolutions reducing duties, AD/CVD investigations.
  • Chile: National Customs Service and Hacienda postings.
  • Colombia: MinCIT and DIAN documents.
  • Peru: AD/CVD anti-circumvention law, foreign trade, INDECOPI and SUNAT resolutions.
  • Australia: PACER enters into force, ABF notices, Gazette documents, AD/CVD investigations.
  • China: MOFCOM and GAC announcements, AD/CVD investigations.
  • India: CBIC and DGFT tariff and non-tariff notifications, notices, circulars and instructions, AD/CVD investigations and notices.
  • Malaysia: Service tax on imported digital services.
  • New Zealand: Excise duties for tobacco and tobacco products, New Zealand Gazette documents.
  • Singapore: notices and circulars.
  • European Union and EFTA: EU, UK reach post-Brexit deal at last minute, dual use list updated, tariff classification regulations, Official Journal documents, regulations, trade agreements, sanctions, AD/CVD investigations.
    • Switzerland: Belarus sanctions extended, ordinances and sanctions.
    • Iceland: Trade laws and regulations.
    • Liechtenstein: trade laws, regulations and sanctions.
    • Norway: trade laws, regulations and sanctions.
  • United Kingdom: Post-Brexit agreement and legislation, UK-Vietnam trade agreement, statutory instruments including sanctions, UK-Canada trade continuity agreement, new approach to US tariffs, guidance on post-Brexit implementation of EU blocking regulation, export control enforcement, HMRC tariff and dumping notices, updates, guidance and reference documents, ECJU notices to exporters.
  • Turkey: Trade laws, regulations and communiques
  • Ukraine: UN sanctions, trade decree, AD investigations
  • Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU): Council and Board decisions, classification decisions.
  • South Africa: Tariff book updates, tariff regulations and rules under the Customs and Excise Act.

Plus links to newsletters, links to recordings of webinars and seminars.


December 2020 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the December 2020 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are the highlights:

  • WTO: Trade Policy Review-Thailand, disputes, Covid-19 notifications, TBT notifications
  • WCO: Announcements and releases
  • Multilateral Trade Agreements: RCEP signed by 15 nations
  • CITES: Notifications
  • FAS Gain Reports
  • Canada: Canada-UK transitional trade agreement, AD/CVD investigations, Canada Gazette, CBSA advance rulings, D-Memos and Customs Notices
  • Mexico: Diario Oficial, AD/CVD investigations
  • US: Presidential documents, Chinese securities, GSP review and modifications, recommended HTSUS modifications, Sec. 201, 232 and 301 updates and guidance, land and ferry restrictions on travel to/from Canada and Mexico, COAC meeting, foreign trade zone notices, CSMS messages, OFAC general license for Venezuela, restrictions on remittances to Cuba, OFAC Iran actions, BIS seeks comments on software for nucleic acid assemblers and synthesizers, amendments to EAR due to ECRA, amendment to National Security license review policy, USPTO consumer awareness campaign on counterfeit and pirated products, AD/CVD investigations, revocation and modification of CBP rulings
  • Argentina: Official Bulletin, AD/CVD investigations
  • Brazil: GECEX resolutions, AD/CVD investigations
  • Chile: Various Official Journal resolutions
  • Colombia: MinCIT, DIAN documents
  • Peru: SUNAT and El Peruano publications
  • Australia: Customs notices, AD/CVD investigations
  • China: MOFCOM and GAC notices and AD/CVD investigations
  • India: CBIC and DGFT notifications, circulars and instructions, AD/cvd cases
  • Indonesia: Trade legislation
  • EU: Food labelling in UK will follow EU rules for now, EU announces countermeasures against US, tariff classification regulations and CN explanatory notes changes, OJ regulations and decisions, AD/CVD investigations
  • EFTA countries: Trade related regulations and restrictive measures
  • UK: Introduction of new national security and foreign investment regime, UK to be added to EU dual-use “safe list,” trade related legislation, statutory instruments and restrictive measures, HMRC updates and notices, notices to exporters
  • Turkey: Trade related legislation
  • Ukraine: Trade related legislation
  • EAEU: Trade related orders
  • South Africa: Rules and tariff amendments

Plus, newsletters, webinars, etc.


November 2020 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the November 2020 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

  • WTO: investment facilitation agreement, UK to join procurement pact, arbitration awards EU $3.99 Bn. countermeasures in airplane case, DSB activities, Covid-19 trade measure, TBT notifications.
  • WCO: HSC agenda, WCO news.
  • Multilateral trade agreements: RCEP featured.
  • CITES: Notifications.
  • GAIN reports.
  • Canada: Miscellaneous regulations, proposed regulations and orders; D-Memos and Customs Notices, AD/CVD cases.
  • Mexico: Front of package labeling exemptions removed, AD/CVD cases, Diario Oficial documents.
  • USA: Presidential documents, GSP proclamation, CBERA/CBTPA extended, sec. 301 solar panel and sec. 232 Canadian aluminum updates, Colombia TPA HTS changes, Peruvian timber, US-Brazil agreement, USMCA bi-national panels roster, corrections to HTSUS, notorious markets review, ITC investigations, Secs. 201, 232 and 301 investigations, information and exclusions, CBP guidance, US-Canada and US-Mexico land and ferry travel restrictions, brokers’ fees and proposed continuing education, quarterly interest rates, restrictions on Chilean archaeological imports, EAPA notices, forced labor updates, revocations/modifications of CBP rulings, CSMS, FTZs, FinCEN proposals, boycotts, BIS updates, OFAC Yemen sanctions, Cuban sanctions, Iranian sanctions, ICC-related sanctions, CDC orders on travel, cruises, DEA methamphetamine regulations, AD/CVD cases.
  • Argentina: trade resolutions, AD/CVD cases.
  • Brazil: GECEX resolutions adjusting duty rates.
  • Chile: trade/customs related resolutions.
  • Colombia: trade/customs related resolutions.
  • Peru: trade/customs related resolutions.
  • Australia: ABF notices, Gazettes, AD/CVD cases.
  • China: Mongolia joins A-PTA, new PRC Export Control law, China-Cambodia FTA signed, MOFCOM and GAC notices, AD/CVD cases.
  • India: Faceless assessment rollout, CBIC and DGFT notices and notifications, AD/CVD cases.
  • New Zealand: Gazette notices .
  • EU and EFTA: 2021 tariff and nomenclature, trade policy review consultation, chemical weapons and Libya sanctions, Belarus sanctions, OJ documents (including restrictive measures), AD/CVD cases, Swedish anti-corruption institute code, EFTA-Ecuador CEPA enters into force, import-export measures.
  • United Kingdom: UK-Japan CEPA (FTA), dual-use OGEL, OFSI annual review, legislation, HMRC updates, notices to exporters, AD/CVD notices.
  • Turkey: trade/customs legislation.
  • Ukraine: trade/customs legislation.
  • Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU): Board regulations, classification decisions.
    • Belarus: resolution/agreements.
    • Russia: orders and decrees.
  • South Africa: tariff amendments.

Plus, newsletters, webinars, etc.


October 2020 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the October 2020 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are the highlights:

  • WTO: Covid-19 trade measures, TBT notifications, trade policy review: Zimbabwe, panel report on US sec. 301 tariffs re: China, DSB activities
  • WCO: announcements and news
  • CITES notifications
  • GAIN reports
  • Canada: trade regulations, Belarus sanctions, Covid-19 travel from US, Aluminum surtax, advance rulings, D-Memoranda, customs notices and ADD/CVD investigations
  • Mexico: foreign trade rules, modification to Decree on general import/export duties, USMCA (T-MEC) modification, AD/CVD investigations
  • US: Presidential documents, reducing Brazilian steel imports, raw sugar TRQ, USTR NTE report comments sought, CAFTA-DR modifications, USITC investigation on GSP, extension of border crossing restrictions, cultural property agreement extension, steel monitoring, sec. 232 Vanadium investigation reopened for comment, sec. 301 exclusion extensions, CBP sec. 301 guidance, CBP CBPTA expiration guidance, CBP modifies FTZ test, CITA cap on certain AGOA duty and quota free imports, COAC meeting and applicants sought, CBP documents, force labor orders, CBP revocation/modification of rulings, CSMS messages, FTZ orders, Cuban prohibited accommodations list, FEMA extends comments for letter of attestation on PPE exports, Cyprus temporary ITAR amendments, alignment of export regulations and CFIUS rule on technologies, UAE-Israel accord, comments sought on elimination of EEI for Puerto Rico and USVI, Wassenaar amendments to EAR, N. Korea advisory, OFAC, BIS, ITA, FinCEN, State notices, Federal Register documents from CPSC, FDA, CDC, USDA agencies, DEA, Energy, EPA, NHTSA, NOAA withdraws trusted traveler program, changes in government procurement rules to raise US content, Commerce AD/CVD proposed rulemaking, AD/CVD investigations, scope and circumvention rulings
  • Argentina: resolutions, AD/CVD resolutions
  • Brazil: GECEX resolutions on trade and tariff, AD/CVD investigations
  • Chile: import/export related resolutions
  • Colombia: MinCIT resolutions related to import/export
  • Peru: INDECOPI resolutions on AD/CVD cases, SUNAT resolutions, FTA with Chile
  • Venezuela: Covid-19 tariff codes
  • Australia: Laws, tariff precedents  and AD/CVD investigations
  • China: Unreliable entity list, extension of exclusions from sec. 301 retaliatory sanctions, catalogue of prohibited or restricted export technologies, AD/CVD investigations
  • India, CBIC tariff and non-tariff notifications and circulars, DGFT notifications and public notices, AD/CVD investigations
  • Singapore: trade circulars
  • EU: tariff classification regulations, CN explanatory notes, Official Journal documents, restrictive measures, Commission regulations, AD/CVD regulations and notices
  • EFTA: EFTA-Ecuador FTA enters into force 1 November
    • Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland foreign trade regulations, notices and restrictive measures
  • United Kingdom: Belarus and Afghanistan sanctions, steps towards CPTPP membership, trade and travel related legislation (including separate Wales, Scotland and N. Ireland), HMRC notices
  • Turkey: trade related legislation and communiques
  • Ukraine: trade related legislation and communiques
  • EEC (Eurasian Economic Union): Board documents, information on preliminary rulings
  • Algeria: Vehicle manufacturing and distribution regulations
  • South Africa: tariff notices

Plus links to newsletters, webinars, etc.


September 2020 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the September 2020edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are the highlights:

  • WTO: Covid-19 notifications, TBT notifications, DSB activities
  • WCO: events and news
  • CITES: notifications
  • FAS GAIN Reports: Global Agriculture Information Network (GAIN) reports that were recently issued by the US Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS)
  • Canada: Countermeasures against US sec. 232 tariffs, regulations, orders and proposals, CUSMA implementation statement, exports to Hong Kong, customs notices, D-Memoranda, AD/CVD cases
  • Mexico: Diario Oficial, AD/CVD cases
  • United States: Presidential documents, executive orders on TikTok and WeChat, continuation of export control emergency, proclamation on aluminum adjustments assessing 10% tariff on Canadian non-alloyed unwrought aluminum; USTR schedules hearing on China’s and Russia’s WTO commitments; USITC files report on miscellaneous tariff provisions, USITC investigations, secs. 232 and 301 updates, CBP guidance on sec. 232 and 301 matters, CBP travel restrictions to Canada and Mexico, cultural property restrictions, Hong Kong origin marking, inbound express mail fees, CSMS messages, foreign trade zone orders, FEMA export restrictions, private charters to Cuba suspended, OFAC rules, BIS additions to the Entity List, Huawei updates, unmanned aerial system exports, exports to Hong Kong updates; CPSC, FDA, USDA and other agency updates, ADD/CVD cases
  • Australia: Customs notices, AD/CVD cases
  • China: Guidance on retaliatory tariffs and exclusion process, notices, AD/CVD cases
  • India: CBIC and DGFT notifications, AD/CVD cases
  • Europe:  Belarus sanctions, new Dutch declaration system, OJ documents, sanctions and restrictive measures updates, EFTA documents, UK, Turkey and Ukraine updates, AD/CVD cases
  • Eurasian Economic Union: Unified customs tariff and nomenclature revisions
  • South Africa: tariff and rules amendments

Plus links to newsletters, client alerts, webinars and events.


August 2020 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the August 2020 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are the highlights:

  • WTO: Covid-19 trade related matters, trade policy review (Japan), TBT (technical barriers to trade) notifications, DSB cases
  • WCO: Illicit trade report 2019, news and events
  • CITES: notifications
  • FAS GAIN reports
  • Canada: CUSMA implementation, Canada Gazette regulations and orders, D-memos and customs notices, AD/CVD cases, sanctions, advance rulings
  • Mexico: Changes to foreign trade rules, T-MEC (USMCA) rules of origin, T-MEC procurement thresholds, Diario Oficial, AD/CVD cases
  • United States: Presidential documents, Hong Kong sanctions, HTS updates for USMCA and other FTAs,  USMCA labor provisions, trade distortion hearings, AGOA updates, sugar TRQs, USMCA rules of origin, drawback and uniform regulations, BIS sec. 232 Steel and aluminum reports released, sec. 301 France DST, China and EU large aircraft notices and exclusions, temporary travel restrictions, COBRA fee adjustments, user fee airports, quarterly interest rates, AD/CVD cases and EAPA investigations, withhold release orders and modifications, CBP rulings (modifications and revocations), CSMS messages, export controls, sanctions, foreign trade zones, CAATSA guidance, OFAC/BIS/State restrictive orders, CFIUS filing fees and definitions,  FTC “Made in USA” rule, USDA, FTC, CPSC , HHS, FDA and CDC documents, Federal Register documents
  • Argentina: Customs and other notices
  • Brazil: CAMEX Resolutions, SECEX portarias, AD/CVD cases
  • Australia: Duty rate reductions, Indonesia-Australia CEPA, COVID-19 duty rates, excise equivalent rates, AD/CVD cases, customs notices
  • China: Draft export control law for comment, notices, AD/CVD cases
  • India: CBIC tariff and non-tariff notifications, circulars and instructions, DGFT notices, AD/CVD, safeguards
  • EU/EFTA: Restrictions on exports to Hong Kong, appointment of trade enforcement officer, compliance with aircraft dispute, trade policy consultation, tariff classification regulations, Official Journal documents, EFTA member state regulations and restrictive measures.
  • United Kingdom:  China embargo extended to Hong Kong, Huawei banned from future 5G, extraterritorial reach of US sanctions, resumption of military exports to Saudi Arabia, human rights sanctions, Australia and New Zealand FTA negotiating objectives, legislation including restrictive measures, HMRC updates and ECJU notices to exporters
  • Turkey: Official gazette notices, communiques, unfair imports (AD/CVD)
  • Ukraine: Tariff, terrorist sanctions, AD cases
  • Algeria: supplemental finance law exemption from duties and VAT
  • EAEU: Council and Board decisions on customs import and export matters, classification decisions
    • Belarus: EEU treaty, agreement with Iran, FTAs with Singapore, Serbia
    • Russia: Ukraine sanctions may be expanded, customs orders, FTA with Serbia
  • South Africa: Rules amendments, tariff amendments

Plus our newsletters, list of Client Alerts and articles, Webinars.


July 2020 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the July 2020 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

 
Here are the highlights:

    • UN: Libyan arms embargo extended
    • WTO: COVID-19 notifications, TBT notifications, DSB activities
    • WCO: News and events
    • USMCA: Uniform regulations issued (see also Mexico, Canada and United States}
    • CITES: Notifications to parties
    • FAS GAIN Reports
    • Canada: CUSMA (USMCA/T-MEC) regulations, miscellaneous regulations, trade sanctions (Taliban, CAR, DRCongo, Eritrea, DPRK [N. Korea], Somalia, S. Sudan, Sudan), D-Memos, Customs Notices, AD/CVD cases
    • Mexico: T-MEC (USMCA-CUSMA) decree, text and regulations issued, General Rules of Foreign Trade, FTA government procurement thresholds, AD/CVD cases
    • United States: Presidential documents, Chinese human rights violations, International Criminal Court sanctions, pandemic border restrictions, Hong Kong status, Supreme declines to review 232 tariffs, USMCA high wage components and labor committee, Mexico government procurement, USITC delivers MTB petition report, 232 and 301 updates, exclusions and CBP guidance, steel monitoring, US-Italy and US-Colombia cultural property agreement, USMCA regulations and implementation instructions, COAC virtual meeting, User Fee Advisory committee, broker district fees, proposed modernized broker regulations, “Lever rule” applications, withhold release orders, revocations/modifications of CBP rulings, CSMS messages, FTZ orders, State updates Cuba Restricted list, Syrian sanctions, ITAR suspensions, modifications for COVID-19, Entity List and OFAC SDN notices, Huawei participation in standards development, Australia Group amendments, FTC and CPSC documents, AMS concludes pilot ACE/ITDS test, USDA documents, AD/CVD cases and scope rulings.
    • Brazil: AD/CVD, CAMEX Resolutions, SECEX Portarias, SECEX Circulars
    • Australia: Customs notices and Gazette documents, AD/CVD cases
    • China: MOFCOM and GAC (Customs) notices, Hong Kong strategic trade controls circular, mainland circulars, AD/CVD case
    • India: CBIC tariff and non-tariff notifications, CBIC circulars and instructions and DGFT notifications and public notices, AD/CVD cases
    • New Zealand: New tobacco rules, public consultation on mercury imports/export
    • Singapore: Strategic Goods controls
    • Thailand: Trade remedy investigations
    • Vietnam: REX numbers for exporters to EU, EU-Vietnam FTA and EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement update
    • European Union and EFTA: EU-Vietnam FTA, classification regulations, Official Journal, Regulations, AD/CVD, restrictive measures (sanctions) updates
      • France: Notices to importers
      • Switzerland: Nicaragua, Yemen, Syria sanctions, Recueil officiel
      • Iceland: Customs act amendments, cross border movements
      • Ireland: Marketing regulations, restrictive measures
      • Liechtenstein: COVID-19 customs measures, restrictive measures
      • Malta: Travel ban, smuggling
      • Norway: customs act and regulatory amendments, COVID-19 restrictions, Nicaragua sanctions
    • United Kingdom [transitioning out of EU]: negotiating objectives on FTAs with Australia and New Zealand, legislation, restrictive measures (Somalia, Cyber, CAR, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Bosnia and Herzegovina), HMRC updates
    • Turkey: Tariff schedule amendments, customs communiques, import supervision, FTA with Kosovo, export controls, free zones, import regimes, unfair import competition
    • Ukraine: miscellaneous import requirements, AD/Anti-subsidy investigations
    • Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU):
      • Russia: Disputes involving sanctions against Russian persons must now be settled in the Russian state courts, customs service orders, adoption of preliminary decisions, decrees
    • South Africa: Rules amendments, COVID-19 notices

Plus our newsletters, list of Client Alerts and articles, Webinars.


June 2020 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the June 2020 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. Here are the highlights:

    • Announcing the launch of a new tool: Covid-19 Pier Product Import/Export Review
    • WTO: Kazakhstan’s offer to host 12th Ministerial, Brazil applies for government procurement pact membership, COVID-19 trade related measures, TBT notifications
    • WCO: news and events
    • CITES: Notifications to Parties
    • FAS GAIN Reports: Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) and Exporter Guides
    • El Salvador: Customs information bulletins
    • Panama: National Customs Authority resolutions
    • Canada: Canada Gazette, D-Memoranda, customs notices, AD/CVD cases
    • Mexico: Diario Oficial
    • US: Presidential actions (including EOs establishing USMCA labor committee, protecting the supply chain during national emergencies, bulk power systems, promoting seafood competitiveness, extending national emergencies with respect to CAR, Syria, Yemen, Iraq), suspending entry of aliens arriving from Brazil, section 232 and 301 updates and exclusions, AGOA and GSP annual reviews, US-UK trade agreement launch, USITC investigations, CBP to distribute dumping and subsidy offset, vessel manifest confidentiality, CBP Federal Register documents, EAPA notices, Detention orders, CBP rulings orders, CSMS messages, FTZs, guidance on evasive shipping practices, OFAC’s rejected transactions reporting, amendments to Zimbabwe sanctions, advisory on N. Korean cyber threats, COVID-19,  Huawei temporary licenses, Federal Register documents, AD/CVD cases
    • Argentina: Boletin Oficial documents, AD/CBD cases
    • Brazil: SECEX and CAMEX orders, circulars and resolutions, AD/CVD cases
    • Chile: Diario Oficial documents
    • Colombia: DIAN documents
    • Peru: SUNAT and El Peruano documents
    • Venezuela: duty and VAT exemptions
    • Australia: DHA notices, AD/CVD cases
    • China: Re-exports of US-origin electronics, computers and telecommunications from Hong Kong, MOFCOM and customs announcements,  AD/CVD cases
    • India: CBIC and DGFT notifications, circulars and instructions, AD/CVD cases
    • New Zealand: delay in paying duties and taxes due to COVID-19, goods clearance fees
    • Philippines: Philippine-Hong Kong Trade Agreement
    • Vietnam: Vietnam-EU Trade Agreement update
    • EU-EFTA: export authorization on PPE lifted, EU-UK trade agreement, CN amendments, CN Explanatory Notes amendments, Official Journal documents, EU classification regulations, AD/CVD cases
      • France: notices to importers
      • Germany: rare-earth metals
      • Iceland: Official Gazette laws and regulations
      • Ireland: Statutory instruments including restrictive measures
      • Liechtenstein: legal documents including restrictive measures
      • Luxembourg: legal documents including restrictive measures
      • Malta: export control of military equipment and restrictive measures
      • Norway: regulations including restrictive measures
      • Poland: regulation and announcements
      • Spain: orders and resolutions
      • Switzerland: Orders, including restrictive measures
    • UK: customs information papers, statutory instruments, tariff and dumping notices
    • Turkey: COVID-19 export control updates, Resmi Gazete documents including import communiques
    • Ukraine: legislation
    • Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU): orders
      • Belarus: new procedures for electric cars
      • Russia: sanctions legislation proposed
    • South Africa: COVID-19 notices, tariff notices, C&E rules
    • Benin: public procurement
    • DR of Congo: agency for promotion of exports, COVID19 support

Plus our newsletters, list of Client Alerts and articles, Webinars.


May 2020 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the May 2020 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

This issue’s highlights:

    • WTO: Covid-19 trade related matters, 19 Members come up with provisional appeal arbitration arrangement, TBT notifications
    • WCO: temporary Covid-19 import-export measures, classification references for Covid-19 supplies and medicines, news
    • CITES: notifications
    • FAS GAIN reports: Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) and Exporter Guides as well as other food and agriculture measures
    • Canada: Contravention regulations, CUSMA (USMCA) regulations and orders, CBSA notices and D-Memos, AD/CVD cases
    • Mexico: Diario Oficial, AD/CVD cases
    • US: Presidential documents, Defense Production Act, Sec. 232 and 301 updates and exclusions, USMCA petitions for alternative vehicle staging, proposed withdrawal of Sec. 201 exclusion, USITC duty suspension update, USITC postpones in-person 337 hearings, USITC investigations, proposed aluminum import monitoring, travel restrictions, delay in duty payment, quarterly interest rates, CSMS messages, withhold release orders, revocations/modifications of rulings, FTZ orders, civil monetary penalty increases in Treasury/State/Commerce cases, NRC suspends byproducts general license to Pakistan, FEMA restrictions on exports of PPE, Treasury lists boycott countries, Venezuela, N. Korea, sanctions updates, tightened technology exports, OFAC/BIS/State restrictive measures, CPSC and FTC documents, TTB announcements, FDA/CDC/HHS documents, USDA/APHIS/AMS documents, other Federal Register documents, AD/CVD
    • Argentina: Boletin Oficial documents, AD/CVD
    • Brazil: CAMEX and SECEX documents, AD/CVD
    • Australia: Temporary prohibition on exports of infection control items, ABF notices, AD/CVD cases
    • China: MOFCOM and GAC (Customs) notices and announcements, AD/CVD
    • Hong Kong SAR: Notice to exporters re: ASEAN
    • India: Compulsory registration for additional IT categories, CBIC and DGFT notifications, circulars and instructions, AD/CVD cases
    • Japan: METI adjust certain import/export procedures.
    • Singapore: Declaration on Trade in Essential Goods for Combating the Covid-19 Pandemic, commodity duty changes for Covid-19 supplies, notices and circulars
    • Thailand: FDA fast track for Covid-19
    • EU and EFTA: Export controls and VAT and duty exemptions on PPE, retaliatory duties on certain US products, tariff classification regulations, amendments to CNEN, Official Journal documents, restrictive measures, AD/CVD
      • France: notices to importers
      • Netherlands: EU Blocking Regulation does not prevent extradition of Iranian national to the United States
      • Spain: Parallel imports procedure changed for medicines
      • Switzerland: movement of goods at the border
      • Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway: regulations, notices and restrictive measures
    • United Kingdom: Deferral of customs duty and VAT due to Covid-19, Freeports consultation extended, legislation, tariff information and HMRC notices, notices to exporters
    • Turkey: Official Gazette, customs notices, imports surveillance
    • Ukraine: Covid-19 material
    • Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU): Решения (Orders), classification decisions
    • Algeria: COVID-19 measures, customs measures, binding tariff information
    • Morocco: COVID-19 measures
  • South Africa: New export controls regulations, tariff amendments, Covid-19 measures

April 2020 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the April 2020 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

This issue’s highlights:

  • WTO: dedicated Covid-19 webpage, COVID-19 trade measures, suspension of meetings, Curaçao membership update, trade policy review-Australia, disputes, TBT notifications
  • WCO: dedicated Covid-19 webpage, temporary import and export measures, news
  • Other international measures: Covid-19 impact on governmental foreign investment screening, CITES notifications, FAS GAIN reports
  • Canada: border restrictions with US, self-isolation for entering persons, Canada-US-Mexico Agreement approved, Canada Gazette miscellaneous regulations and notices, advance rulings, CNs and D-memos, AD/CVD cases
  • Mexico: Diario Oficial legislation and AD/CVD
  • USA: Executive Orders, Proclamations, Presidential Memoranda, restrictions on entry and travel between US and neighboring countries, extension of Real-ID requirements, sugar TRQ adjustments, US-Kenya trade agreement, invitation for USMCA dispute settlement rosters, GSP annual reviews, comments on MTBs posted, ITC waives filing physical media; Sec. 232 and 301 notices, exclusions and guidance; Xinjiang based supply chains and 19 U.S.C. 1307, COAC meeting, broker’s license exam postponed, import restrictions from El Salvador, NCAP modified, CBP notices, EAPA notices and determinations, ruling revocations and modifications, CSMS messages, FTZ notices, Census voluntary self-disclosures, Huawei TGL update, Entity List updates, EAR amendments, OFAC designations and general licenses,  OFAC guidance on providing Covid-19 humanitarian aid to Iran, removal of Terrorism Sanctions regulations, HHS/CDC/FDA Covid-19 documents, Lacey Act implementation, WTO safeguard trigger levels, proposed steel monitoring changes, Federal Register notices, ITC service changes, AD/CVD scope rulings and cases.
  • Asia-Pacific: Canada, Australia, Chile, Brunei and Myanmar join New Zealand
    and Singapore in committing to keeping supply and trade links
    open

    • Australia: ABF notices and AD/CVD cases
    • China: Exclusions, MOFCOM and GAC notices and announcements, AD/CVD
    • India: export restrictions on PPE due to Covid-19, CBIC and DGFT notices, circulars and instructions; AD/CVD cases
    • Thailand: measure to present hand sanitizer shortage
  • European Union and EFTA: Duty and VAT exemptions for key anti-Covid-19 equipment considered, updates on export controls for PPE, EU sanctions over Turkish drilling in E. Mediterranean, OJ documents, restrictive measures, AD/CVD
    • France: Notices to importers
    • Switzerland: licensing requirements for exports of protective equipment, US OFAC consented humanitarian trade with Iran, Recueil Officiel legislation and restrictive measures
    • Iceland: import-export measures
    • Ireland: implementation of EU regulations, restrictive measures
    • Liechtenstein: Covid-19 and trade regulations, restrictive measures
    • Luxembourg: Covid-19 measures, restrictive measures
    • Malta: quarantine and travel ban
    • Norway: import-export and trade measures, Covid-19
    • Poland: border controls, trade legislation, Covid-19 regulations
    • Spain: trade regulations
  • United Kingdom: MPs want US-like Magnitsky style sanctions, Trade Bill introduced, export controls on Covid-19 needed equipment, US-UK trade negotiations, UK legislation (including Covid-19) and restrictive measures, HMRC and DIT notices
  • Turkey: trade and import-export legislation including surveillance of imports (AD/CVD)
  • Ukraine: trade legislation (includes UN sanctions, unfair import competition, Covid-19)
  • Africa (except North Africa)
    • Congo: import-export of electricity
    • Senegal: regulations on plastic products
    • South Africa: Customs and Excise rules and tariff amendments

March 2020 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the March 2020 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

This issue’s highlights:

  • WTO: trade policy review (EU), disputes, TBT notifications
  • WCO: agenda for 65th HSC, news
  • Other International Matters: CITES notifications, FAS Gain Reports
  • Panama: Official Gazette updates
  • Canada: consultations on WTO investment framework, comprehensive review of TRQs, consultation on possible modernization of Canada-Ukraine FTA, Canada’s post Brexit agreements with EU, Canada Gazette, restrictive measures, AD/CVD, advance rulings, notices and D-Memoranda
  • Mexico: Diario Oficial, AD/CVD
  • United States: Presidential documents, report on WTO Appellate Body, designation of LDCs under CVD law, sugar TRQs, ITC investigations, Sec. 232 and 301 updates, exclusions and guidance, CAFC upholds Sec. 232, import restrictions – Ecuador, Yemen, Jordan; CBP/TSA arrival restrictions, CBP documents, CBP ruling revocations/modifications, CSMS updates, FTZs, non-proliferation measures, natural gas export authorizations extended, BIS EAR revisions for Yemen and Russia, Huawei temporary licenses, information requested on CWC impact, Venezuela sanctions, Mali sanctions, boycotts, investment regulations updates, regulatory updates, APHIS updates, AD/CVD scope rulings, anti-circumvention determinations, AD/CVD cases
  • Argentina: Boletin Oficial, AD/CVD
  • Brazil: CAMEX, SECEX, AD/CVD ma ters
  • Chile, Peru, Colombia: regulatory updates
  • Australia: MOFCOM/GAC Notices, Peru-Australia FTA, Australia-Hong Kong FTA, AD/CVD cases
  • China: Tariff Commission announcements, countermeasures exclusions and tariff reductions, AD/CVD announcements, Hong Kong SAR notices
  • India: CBIC and DGFT notices, circulars and instructions, AD/CVD
  • Indonesia: e-Commerce, Indonesia-Australia FTA
  • New Zealand: restrictions on laser pointers, vehicle import requirements
  • Singapore: rules for FTZ
  • EU: EU-Vietnam FTA approved by Euro. Parliament, withdrawal of Cambodia preferences, classification rulings, CN EN updates, OJ documents, restrictive measures, AD/CVD
  • France: notice to importers
  • Switzerland: OFAC approved humanitarian trade arrangement, regulatory requirements, restrictive measures
  • Other EU-EFTA countries: regulatory requirements, restrictive measures
  • United Kingdom: statutory instruments, post-Brexit import controls, consultation on post-Brexit tariff regimes, export inspection procedures, HMRC updates, notices
  • Turkey: communiques and regulations
  • Ukraine: cancelation of special economic sanctions, legislation
  • Morocco: tax regime
  • EAEU: Board and Council Решения, classification preliminary decision
  • South Africa: Tariff amendments
  • Senegal: promoting start-ups
  • Togo: audio-visual communications
  • plus information on newsletters, webinars.

Plus information on Client Alerts and articles, webinars and seminars, and recordings of past events.


February 2020 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the February 2020 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

This issue’s highlights:

  • WTO: Update on Appellate Body, DSB activities, TBT Notifications
  • WCO: HS 2022 adopted, news
  • CITES: Notifications to Parties
  • FAS GAIN Reports
  • Panama: New system of seals, safeguards on pork under US-P TPTA, reorganization of customs appeals
  • Canada: CUSMA Bill introduced, advance rulings published, Customs Notices, sanctions, AD/CVD cases
  • Mexico: New labeling requirements for pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages, Decree ratifying USMCA (T-MEC), government procurement thresholds under FTAs
  • USA: Presidential documents, President signs USMCA Implementation Act, new steel and aluminum tariffs on derivatives, modification of residential washer safeguards, US-China “Phase One” deal, USTR requests comments on exclusion of certain products from solar products safeguards, reduction of Sec. 301 tariffs in list 4A to 7.5%, suspension of Sec. tariffs in December, Section 301 exclusions, USITC publishes petitions for duty suspensions and reductions (MTB), China is not currency manipulator, en banc CAFC says CBP may interpret ambiguous AD scope language, US-Japan Trade Agreement enters into force, report on piracy and counterfeiting, CBP Trade Symposium announcement, final determination in an origin case, Lever Rule application granted, EAPA notification, FTZs, CSMS messages, DOT restrictions on flights to Cuba, ITAR FAQs, ITAR amendments, Iran Wind-down FAQs, Iran sanctions, FIRRMA regulations issued, revised EAR and ITAR firearms and munitions regulations, Justice export control and sanctions revised policy, blocking orders, government procurement thresholds, FCC prohibition on funding – use of certain Chinese equipment, Commerce scope rulings, AD/CVD cases
  • Argentina: AD/CVD cases, export duties
  • Brazil: Economic Complementation Agreement amendments, duty reductions, import quotas, consultation on drawback
  • Chile: Economic Complementation Agreement amendments, changes to national customs tariff, amendments to the compendium of customs norms
  • Peru: Law strengthening single window, approve discretionary power in customs infractions, various procedural changes
  • Australia: Entry into force of Australia-Hong Kong FTA, indexation of duty rates on excise equivalent goods, AD/CVD cases
  • China: 2019 updates to draft export control law
  • India: CBIC and DGFT notifications and circulars, addition of agencies to e-SANCHIT paperless system, import and export policy changes, AD/CVD cases
  • Malaysia: Entry into force of key legislation affecting trade and customs
  • New Zealand: Goods clearance fees to change 1 June, Endangered Species Act amendments, tobacco duty rates increased 1 Jan.
  • Singapore: Circular on implementation of the upgraded rules of origin under ANZSCEP agreement
  • European Union and EFTA: EU approves UK Withdrawal Agreement and UK exits EU, strengthening global rules on subsidies, E3 Ministers trigger JCPOA dispute resolution, Iran updates, EU Dual-Use items, OJ regulations and decisions, restrictive measures, AD/CVD cases
    • France: Notices to importers
    • Switzerland: illegal trafficking of shahtoosh wool shawls, Swiss consultation on more efficient action by customs officers against counterfeits, guidance on validity of proofs or origin, ordinances and regulations, restrictive measures
    • UK: Exits the EU, preparation for Magnitsky-style sanctions, adoption of EU dual use list, legislation, HMRC updates, Export Control Joint Unit issuances
    • Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Spain legislative updates and restrictive measures
  • Turkey: Trade legislation, communiques on prevention of unfair imports completion, trade agreements
  • Ukraine: AD measures
  • Algeria: 2020 Finance Law, law on hydrocarbons
  • Morocco: 2020 Finance Law (export taxes, industrial acceleration zones)
  • EAEU: decisions and recommendations adopted by the EAEC Board, preliminary classification decisions
    • Belarus: Agreement on traceability of goods imported into EAEU, protocols on accession of Kyrgyz Republic and Armenia, person use importations
    • Russia: rules for determining export value, photographic products, certain goods subject to mandatory labeling
  • Côte d’Ivoire: New government procurement code
  • Rwanda: Applications for ‘quitus fiscal’ (tax clearance certificate)
  • South Africa: Tariff amendments and rules amendments Plus information on trade compliance enforcement actions, Client Alerts and articles, webinars and seminars, and recordings of past events.

January 2020 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the January 2020 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

This issue’s highlights:

  • WTO: e-commerce moratorium extended, Appellate Body deadlock, dispute settlement issues, recent disputes, DSB activities, TBT notifications
  • WCO: news
  • CITES: notifications
  • GAIN reports: Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards (FAIRS), Exporter Guides
  • Panama: tariff amendments, labeling of tobacco products
  • Canada: D-Memoranda, Customs Notices, ADD/CVD notices
  • Mexico: general foreign trade rules, amendments to the tariff, ADD cases
  • US: continuation of human rights abuse and corruption national emergency, Proclamation 9974 (HTSUS modifications), “phase one” trade deal with China, revised USMCA is signed, Sec. 301 exclusions and guidance, special 301 review, TAA procurement thresholds, exclusion extensions, suspension December 15th section 301 tariff of 15%, decision not to suspend concessions in connection with US-EU beef dispute, additional aircraft case tariffs considered,  $2.4 bn in tariffs considered in response to French digital tax, sugar surplus determinations, duty-free CBERA imports, US-Vietnam Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement, CBP quarterly interest rates, brokers exam dates, sec. 321 data pilot modifications,  “Lever Rule” applications,  CBP revocations and modifications of rulings, US-Japan Trade Agreement guidance, CSMS messages, foreign-trade zones, ITAR amendments, EO 13382 designations, OFAC updates/amendments to Venezuelan sanctions, TTB/FDA/USDA and other agency regulatory actions, Commerce scope and ant-circumvention rulings, AD/CVD actions
  • Argentina: export rights, tariff modifications, ADD/CVD cases
  • Brazil: CAMEX resolutions, SECEX portarias and circulars, AD/CVD cases
  • Chile, Peru, Colombia: normative documents
  • Australia: biosecurity fees, notices, AD/CVD cases
  • China: MOFCOM and Customs notices and announcements
  • India: tariff and non-tariff notifications, circulars, instructions, AD/CVD cases
  • Japan: US-Japan Trade Agreement approved
  • New Zealand: imports of inclined infant sleep products banned, new rules for imports of NZ$1000 or less, Gazette notices
  • Singapore: notices and circulars
  • Taiwan: prohibition on e-cigarettes
  • Vietnam: Customs cracks down on transshipment of Chinese goods
  • Europe-EFTA: six additional countries sign up for Instex to facilitate Iranian trade, Official Journal documents AD/CVD cases, sanctions against Chinese tableware exporters evading EU ADD
    • France: notices to importers
    • Netherlands: Internal Compliance Programme guidelines
    • Switzerland, UK, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland: selected Official Gazette legislative documents and sanctions
    • Ukraine: legislation
    • Turkey: regulatory documents
    • Eurasian Economic Union: decisions and recommendations, preliminary tariff classification decisions
    • Belarus: legislation
    • Russia: legislation

Plus information on trade compliance enforcement actions, Client Alerts and articles, webinars and seminars, and recordings of past events.


December 2019 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the December 2019 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

This issue’s highlights:

  • UN: Security Council Resolutions regarding Somalia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • WTO: Trade policy review Lao PDR, Kazakhstan submits application for Government Procurement Agreement, disputes updates, TBT notifications
  • WCO: new releases and announcements
  • RCEP Update
  • CITES notifications
  • FAS GAIN Reports
  • El Salvador: accumulation of origin under EU-CA Association Agreement
  • Panama: Israel-Panama FTA, COMIECO resolutions
  • Canada: advance rulings, D-Memos and Customs Notices
  • Mexico: Diario Oficial
  • US: Presidential documents including national emergency extensions; Hong Kong Sanctions legislation; CIT case on President’s power under Sec. 232;  USTR proposal on tariffs against French goods; USTR exclusions and CBP instructions on Chinese goods; GSP annual review and Laos review; Commerce proposals on supply chain security; Tunisia requests cultural property protection; brokers fees; CBP limits court decisions; COAC update; CBP Withhold Release Orders; CBP rulings revocations/modifications; CSMS messages; FTZ Board actions; Venezuelan sanctions update; Cuba restricted list; Iranian sanction updates; Huawei temporary licenses; Entity list and OFAC sanctions; Cuban sanctions; CPSC/ATF/USDA regulations and notices; government procurement; AD/CVD notices
  • Argentina / Mercosur: EU-Mercosur FTA
  • Brazil: CAMEX resolutions and AD/CVD cases
  • Chile: Customs resolutions
  • Colombia: tariff modifications
  • Venezuela: VAT exemptions for certain imports
  • Australia: Customs notices and AD/CVD
  • China: AD/CVD
  • India: AD/CVD
  • EU and EFTA: Dual use list updated; EU-Singapore FTA; CN Explanatory Notes, AD/CVD; Official Journal – Commission Regulations and Decisions; restrictive measures
    • France: notices to importers
    • Switzerland: N. Korean sanctions
    • UK: Extraterritorial sanctions
    • Turkey: New customs guidelines, legislation
    • Ukraine: Legislation
    • EAEU: Council and Board decisions
    • Africa:  African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
    • South Africa: Rules and tariff amendments

Plus information on trade compliance enforcement actions, Client Alerts and articles, webinars and seminars, and recordings of past events.


November 2019 International Trade Compliance Update 

Welcome to the November 2019 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

This issue’s highlights:

  • WTO: Trade policy review of Peru, China’s procurement offer, rules of origin facilitator, US ok’d for $7.5 Bn countermeasures, DSB updates, TBT notifications
  • WCO: news releases
  • CITES: notifications
  • GAIN reports
  • Canada: Advance rulings, Customs Notices, TRQ management, AD/CVD cases
  • Mexico: Official standard on food and non-alcoholic beverage labelling, Diario Oficial documents, AD/CVD cases
  • US: Proclamations and Executive Orders, GSP changes, Turkish sanctions, US/China interim arrangement, trade preferences for Cameroon terminated, Sec. 301 Chinese product exclusion updates, NAFTA Chap. 19 recruiting, Sec. 301 Action on EU products, USITC Miscellaneous Tariff Bills process on reductions and suspensions opens, HTS updates, USITC investigations,  Turkey and Yemen request cultural property protection, CBP extends comment period on proposal for disclosures on abandoned merchandise, quarterly interest rates, CBP/Commerce announce new AD/CVD module, significant Sec. 301 origin ruling, Lever rule filings and decisions, EAPA notices, new WPM liquidated damages and penalty guidelines, CBP guidance on Section 301 (China and EU) filings and claiming exclusions, CBP revocations and modifications of rulings, CSMS messages, FTZ; Cuban, Venezuelan Chinese sanctions update, Gupta family sanctions;  FTC, CPSC, FDA, USDA and other agency trade documents, AD/CVD
  • Australia: AD/CVD cases
  • China: MOFCOM and GAC notices and AD/CVD announcements
    • Hong Kong SAR: TID notices
  • India: AD/CVD notices, Non- tariff notifications, CBIC and DGFT circulars, instructions and notices
  • New Zealand: Continuation of certain import and export restrictions, consultation on catch-all export controls
  • Singapore: Customs notice
  • Vietnam: MOF to develop legal framework for cross-border e-commerce in customs operations
  • European Union and EFTA: EU-Norway interim appeal system, notice regarding WCO 62nd HSC decisions, Dutch tighten export controls for Turkey, chemical weapons sanctions, Nicaragua sanctions, JCPOA warning, MERCOSUR negotiations, safeguards, Official Journal documents, AD/CVD cases, restrictive measures,
    • France: notices to importers
    • Netherlands: new exporter rules
    • UK: Legislation, customs information papers, tariff and related notices, notices to exporters
    • Other EU-EFTA Countries: trade related laws and regulations from Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Switzerland
  • Turkey:  Legislation (laws, resolutions, orders, etc.)
  • Ukraine: Legislation
  • South Africa: SACUM and UK agreement, tariff schedules and rules
  • Guinea:  Launch of the single window for foreign trade
  • Madagascar: recovery of illicitly acquired assets
  • Togo:  Public procurement

Plus information on trade compliance enforcement actions, Client Alerts and articles, webinars and seminars, and recordings of past events.


October 2019 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the October 2019 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

This issue’s highlights:

  • WTO: trade policy reviews, review of regional trade agreements, recent disputes, DSB activities, TBT notifications
  • WCO: news releases
  • Universal Postal Union: agreement reached on international mail remuneration
  • CITES: notifications to the parties
  • Jamaica: new Customs Act 2019 tabled
  • Canada: regulations, proposals, notices, D- memoranda, CBSA advance rulings, AD/CVD information
  • Mexico: decree withdrawing retaliatory duties imposed because of US sec. 232, decrees, acuerdos, notices, AD/CVD information
  • USA: presidential documents, US-Japan trade agreement, sec. 301 exclusions, KORUS consultations, proposal to increase China sec. 301 duties, USTR seeks comments for NTE report and WTO dispute, USITC investigations, FIRRMA regulations, CBP notices, EAPA notices and determinations, 19 U.S.C. 1307 detention orders, CSMS messages, CBP rulings (modifications and revocations), FTZ notices, guidance on export of surveillance equipment, BIS Huawei FAQs, BIS Pakistan due diligence, Iran sanctions, terrorism sanctions, Cuba sanctions (U-turn transactions), Russia-related document, Venezuela general licenses, Nicaragua sanctions, CPSC final rules, FDA and USDA documents, Australia added as GPA country, Federal Register documents, AD/CVD scope rulings, AD/CVD information, sec. 337 cases
  • Argentina: Boletin Oficial and AD cases
  • Brazil: importer/exporter registration
  • Australia: notices and AD/CVD information
  • China: exclusion list from retaliatory tariffs, Hong Kong trade agreement  notices
  • India:  CBIC and DGFT notifications, circulars, instructions, AD/CVD information
  • Indonesia: nickel export ban
  • New Zealand: Gazette notices
  • Vietnam: valuation of software
  • EU-EFTA: Official Journal documents, regulations, decisions, restrictive measures, AD/CVD information
    • France: Notices to importers
    • Switzerland: consultations on amendments to the Embargo Act, Recueil official documents including restrictive measures
    • United Kingdom: UK Supreme Court decision on proroguing Parliament, Brexit bill, OFSI consolidated list, legislation,  including restrictive measures, HMRC updates and notices, ECJU notices
    • Iceland: import/export regulations, anti-money laundering due diligence regulation, restrictive measures and sanctions
    • Ireland: Dual-use exports, control over goods that may be used for torture, restrictive measures and sanctions
    • Luxembourg: plant protection
    • Norway: import and anti-money laundering regulations
    • Liechtenstein: Ukrainian sanctions
  • Turkey: imports, sanctions, tariff quotas
  • Ukraine: anti-corruption, Customs Code amendments, reduction of licensing, IP protection
  • EAEU: EEC Council and Board documents, preliminary tariff classification rulings
    • Belarus: preliminary tariff classification rulings
    • Russia: limitations on procurement of foreign IT products, decrees on import/export, FCS orders
  • Mozambique: Customs Clearance of Goods Regulation
  • South Africa: Customs & Excise amendments and rules
  • Namibia: Customs & Excise Act amendments

September 2019 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the September 2019 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

This issue’s highlights:

  • UN: UN Security Council resolutions
  • WTO: DSB activities, TBT Notifications
  • WCO: Harmonized System Committee draft Agenda, WCO news
  • Other International Matters: CITES notifications, GAIN reports
  • Canada: CBSA-CBP exchange of exit and entry information, advance rulings, notices and D-Memoranda, antidumping and countervailing duty cases, Canadian legislation, regulations and notices from the Canada Gazette
  • Mexico: Antidumping and countervailing duty cases
  • US: Presidential documents; national emergencies; sec. 301 tariff updates, exclusion information and increase in existing sec. 301 tariffs; Venezuelan sanction updates; requests for WTO compliance on China and Russia; USITC duty suspension rules update; import restrictions on Moroccan and Algerian cultural property; removal of Auto Products Trade Act regulations; CBP proposal on trade mark information; customs brokers exam and rules for verification of importer identity; CBP modifications of post-summary corrections; sec. 321 test; COBRA fees for FY 2020; Federal Register documents; CBP final determination of origin in government procurement case; revocations/modifications of CBP rulings; CSMS messages; FTZs; Munitions List modifications; sanctions updates for Iran, Chinese companies and chemical warfare; OFAC, BIS, State restrictive measures; CPSC documents; TTB document; FDA documents; Agriculture rules; government procurement ban on certain telecoms; Australia added to WTO GPA list; Commerce scope rulings and anti-circumvention determinations; currency manipulation effect on CVD cases; Sec. 337 actions; antidumping, countervailing duty and safeguards cases
  • Argentina: Official Gazette publications; antidumping and countervailing duty cases
  • Brazil: Antidumping and countervailing duty cases
  • Chile: Official Gazette publications
  • Australia: Customs notices, Australian Gazette publications; antidumping and countervailing duty cases
  • China: Additional tariffs against US goods, antidumping and countervailing duty cases
  • India: Open consultations; CBIC and DGFT notifications, circulars, etc.; antidumping and countervailing duty cases
  • Indonesia: administrative sanctions for customs breaches, bonded zones changes
  • Japan: Removal of S. Korea from export control “White Countries List”
  • Malaysia: Revamp of Customs Act
  • Singapore: Notices and circulars
  • Vietnam: Antidumping case
  • EU: Schedule of GATS commitments, Official Journal documents, restrictive measures, antidumping and countervailing duties o France: notices to Importers
  • UK: HMRC approach to export enforcement; controls on submersibles to Russia; legislation; HMRC updates and notices, ECO notices to exporters
  • Other EU-EFTA Countries: Import-Export and restrictive measures legislation for Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Switzerland
  • Turkey: trade legislation, communiques, and related matters published in the Official Gazette
  • EAEU: EEC Board “Решения,” preliminary classification decisions
  • Russia: Non-disclosure of sanctioned shareholders
  • South Africa: Rules amendments and tariff updates inkling antidumping cases

as well as trade compliance enforcement actions (import/export/FCPA, etc.), links to articles and client alerts, upcoming webinars, seminars and recordings of past events.


July-August 2019 International Trade Compliance Update

Note: This limited edition of the Update covers the time period from mid-June through July 31, but does not cover the full range of countries or organizations that we normally cover.

Welcome to the August 2019 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

This issue’s highlights:

  • WTO: trade policy review, disputes filed, dispute settlement body activities, TBT notifications
  • WCO: news and announcements
  • CITES: notifications
  • GAIN reports
  • Canada: regulatory actions, restrictive actions (Nicaragua, Venezuela, Ukraine, Yemen), CBSA D-Memos, Customs notices, advance rulings, AD/CVD cases
  • Mexico: government procurement thresholds under free trade agreements, foreign trade rules, approval of USMCA, AD/CVD cases
  • United States: presidential actions, sanctions (Mali, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela) , sec. 301 product exclusions, CBI review, sec. 301 investigation of France’s proposed digital services, sugar TRQs, WTO aircraft dispute, AGOA review, Kimberley Process update, sec. 321 data pilot, interest rates, final rules on flights to Cuba, EAPA actions, CBP rulings (revocations and modifications), CSMS messages, ITAR proposals, OFAC amendments to sanction regulations and reporting requirements, Cuban entities list, AD/CVD scope rulings, AD/CVD cases
  • Australia: notices, AD/CVD cases
  • China: exclusion processing on retaliatory tariffs, notices, AD/CVD cases
  • India: proposed rules, notifications, AD/CVD cases
  • Japan: METI licensing policies for S. Korea
  • New Zealand: Arms restrictions
  • Singapore: notices and circulars
  • Vietnam: taxes on e-commerce
  • EU-EFTA: JCPOA statement, Maldives sanctions, tariff classification regulations, CN Explanatory Notes amendments, Official Journal documents, restrictive measures, AD/CVD cases
  • France: notices to importers
  • Switzerland: false coffee labelling, regulatory issuances, restrictive measures,
  • United Kingdom: statutory instruments, restrictive measures, HMRC updates and notices, ECO notices to exporters
  • Iceland: regulations and restrictive measures
  • Norway: regulations
  • Turkey: laws and regulations
  • Russia: Ukrainian sanctions relaxed temporarily, proposed counter-sanctions for US and others
  • South Africa: tariff amendments.

June 2019 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the June 2019 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

This issue’s highlights:

  • WTO: trade policy reviews, Appellate Body discussions, disputes
  • WCO: Revised Kyoto Convention accessions, news
  • African Continental Free Trade Agreement
  • CITES: notifications
  • GAIN Reports: Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards (FAIRS), Exporter Guides, China tariff exclusion process explained, import licenses
  • Canada: Agreement on steel and aluminum tariffs, advance rulings, notices and D-memoranda
  • Mexico: Removal of retaliatory duties, agreement on steel and aluminum tariffs
  • United States: Presidential d cuments, tariffs against Mexico, removal of India and Turkey from GSP, reduction of tariffs on Turkish steel, removal of sec. 232 tariffs imposed on Canada and Mexico, restrictions on Huawei, proclamation on auto tariff delay, new or revised Iranian, Venezuelan and Cuban sanctions, GSP product review, solar safeguard exclusions, sec. 301 tariff increases, next list and exclusions, Commerce’s new sec. 232 Exclusions Portal, cultural property extension, APEC Business Travel Card regulations, CDSOA notice of intent to distribute offset, C-TPAT security criteria, final determination, Lever Rule application, CSMS messages, FTZ electronic applications, OFAC penalty adjustments, BIS controls on emerging tech., Entity List revisions, OFAC compliance framework, temporary halt on dogs from Egypt
  • Argentina: New statistical fee and exemptions
  • China: Product exclusion process, increased tariff on certain US goods
  • India: CBIC and DGFT notifications, circulars and instructions
  • Iran: 2015 nuclear deal update
  • Japan: Dairy TRQs announced
  • Thailand: Draft regulation on cannabis imports/exports, protection of domestic industries, trade controls on WMD related items
  • Vietnam: Restrictions on imports of used equipment
    • EU and EFTA: Sanctions for cyber attacks, proposal for WTO rules on e-commerce
    • Belgium: Blocking regulation
    • Switzerland: FTA with Indonesia, MOU with USCBP, consultations on trade agreement with UK, lower textile duties
    • UK: DIT lists country-by-country guidance if UK exits EU without a deal

In addition, there are regulations from Canada, Mexico, US, India, the EU and EFTA and many of their member states, the Eurasian Economic Union and South Africa, rulings from the EU, Canada and the US, plus antidumping, countervailing duties and safeguard listings as well as client alerts and insight articles that may be of interest to international traders

May 2019 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the May 2019 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are the highlights:

  • WTO: Australia ratifies Government Procurement Agreement; 6 regional trade agreements reviewed; Samoa and Bangladesh trade policy reviews; WTO addresses “essential security interests”; disputes
  • WCO: News and events
  • African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) ratified by 22 countries – enough to bring it into force
  • CITES notifications and FAS GAIN reports
  • Central America: Customs administrations delay new electronic goods declaration; Panama imposes agricultural safeguard under US-Panama FTA; new computer in-transit program.
  • Canada: Revision of US steel and aluminum countermeasures subject to remission; safeguards lifted on 5 steel categories; CITT issues safeguard report
  • United States: President announces US will not ratify UN Arms Trade Treaty; one-year delay of border closure; White House issues memorandum on counterfeit and pirated goods; extension of Somalia and South Sudan national emergencies; Australia eligible to sell goods to government agencies; new Sec. 301 exclusions; countermeasures proposed for EU aircraft subsidies; ITC issues report on USMCTA (“modernized NAFTA”); ITC seeks possible HS modifications; CBP receives domestic interested party petition; CBP published quarterly interest rates; instructions for filing entries for excluded Sec. 301 merchandise; ITRAC to ACE conversion; CBP rulings modifications/revocations; DoD restriction on acquisition of certain imported magnets and tungsten; NRC clarification on export reporting; OFAC regulations on sanctions for US election interference; US won’t renew sanctions waivers for countries importing Iranian oil; administration ends suspension of title II of Helms-Burton, allowing suits against persons trafficking in expropriated property by Cuba; additional Cuban sanctions; ITAR revisions; updated list of Cuban entities; OFAC designates Venezuelan Central Bank and Nicaraguan parties as SDNs; designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards as foreign terrorist organization; BIS revises Unverified List; FDA and CBP sign MOU; overview of SUPPORT Act; CITA requests input under US-Moroccan FTA for commercial availability request; article on WTO “zeroing” decision
  • Australia: Defence and Strategic Goods List 2019 enters into force
  • China: Self-serve origin certificate pilot launched; solid waste anti-smuggling operation launched; lowering of certain import duties
  • Indonesia: e-commerce VAT regulation withdrawn
  • Japan: Ban on North Korean imports/exports extended; South Sudan added to Export Trade Control Order
  • New Zealand: Arms Act amendments; foreign cargo stink bug controls proposed; instant fines for minor offences
  • Pakistan: Export Control Act
  • Philippines: Import restrictions on rice replaced by tariffs and TRQs
  • Vietnam: CPTPP opportunities for exporters; customs value regulations to be amended; new drug registration requirements; most customs offices stop accepting cash
  • EU: Adjustment of “Byrd Amendment” retaliatory duties; commission addresses combined effects of anti-dumping/anti-subsidy measures with steel safeguards; UCC amended to extend transitional use of non-electronic systems; EU opens consultation on list of goods that may be subject to retaliatory measures under WTO aircraft case; council authorizes negotiations with US on tariffs for industrial goods and conformity assessment; Brexit extension for six months; negotiations with Indonesia and Mercosur; EU tariff classification regulations
  • The Netherlands: Export control policy amended
  • United Kingdom: Russia sanctions
  • Morocco: Transfer pricing developments
  • Russia: Expansion of sanctions against Ukraine
  • Côte d’Ivoire: Launch of the unique ID certificate for businesses
  • Guinea: Establishment of a commercial court in Conakry
  • Togo: Creation of national cybersecurity agency

Plus the usual trade compliance enforcement news, articles and client alerts, upcoming webinars, 337 actions, ADD/CVD cases for the US, Canada, Mexico, EU, Australia, China, India, Argentina and Brazil, plus official regulations/statutory instruments from around the world.

April 2019 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the April 2019 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are the highlights:

  • WTO: South Sudan begins membership negotiations, Trade Policy Reviews, dispute settlement updates, TBT notifications
  • WCO: announcements and news releases
  • CITES: notifications
  • Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) reports and other GAIN reports
  • El Salvador: single window to be used for permits
  • Canada: Russian sanctions update, CFIA import requirements, CBSA raises administrative monetary penalties
  • Mexico: new requirements for temporary imports/exports of sensitive goods, CPTPP government procurement thresholds, bonded facility eManifest test, electronic airway bills/manifests requirements
  • US: US-Brazil partnership, national emergencies, Sec. 232 tariffs upheld by CIT, Sec. 301 update, instructions and exclusions, GSP reviews and termination for India and Turkey, US-Morocco FTA rules of origin, USITC practice rules, Sec. 232 titanium sponge investigation launched, cultural property request and extensions, Irish preclearance agreement, new 5106 form and requirements, Venezuelan sanctions updates, private suits against Cuban entities under Helms-Burton, Russian sanctions, State updates Cuban entity list, CCL/USML review, FTC leather guide update, Commerce scope rulings
  • Australia: Strategic goods list updated, Japan-Australia EPA duty changes, tobacco import changes, asbestos imports/exports restricted, Russian sanctions
  • China: VAT reforms
  • India: draft e-Commerce Policy released
  • Malaysia: implementation of the uCustoms System
  • Singapore: Strategic goods transit requirements
  • EU: CN Explanatory Notes issued, EU extends UK withdrawal, sanctions updates, US-EU regulatory cooperation consultation
  • France: ustoms and Dual Use Goods Service implement export facilitating  measures
  • Switzerland: Swiss-UK customs facilitation and security agreement, restrictions on exports of war materials to Lebanon
  • UK: Brexit votes, HMRC outlines extension of transitional simplified procedures, Treasury publishes guidance on counter-terrorism sanctions, trade and continuity agreements signed, temporary tariff regime for no-deal Brexit published, USTR negotiating objectives for US-UK FTA
  • Ukraine: additional Russian sanctions
  • Qatar: diplomatic crisis – shipping boycott still stands

Plus our regular features of circulars, notices, regulations and material from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial (Mexico), Argentina Official Bulletin, Brazil SECEX actions, Chile, Australia, China, India, Singapore, Official Journal (EU), official releases from France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Eurasian Economic Union, Russia and South Africa; antidumping, countervailing duty and safeguard information from the WTO, US, Canada, Mexico, Australia, China, India, EU, Argentina, Brazil; links to webinars, publications and client alerts; as well as links to trade compliance enforcement cases, Section 337 investigations and the WTO TBT notifications.


March 2019 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the March 2019 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are the highlights:

  • WTO: proposal for Appellate Body appointments, disputes, TBT Notifications
  • WCO: news releases
  • CITES: notifications
  • US: Delay on sec. 301 increases, national emergencies, “Buy American, Hire American” update, bills to limit President’s power to impose sec. 232 tariffs, China’s and Russia’s compliance with WTO commitments, rescheduled 337 complaints, ITC investigations, CBP quarterly interest rates, CBP 21st Century Framework, COAC, CBP final determinations of origin, detention orders, 301 import procedures, drawback, Census updates Schedule B and HTS in AES, boycott countries, Venezuelan sanctions, FTC “made in USA” claims
  • Venezuela: tax benefits in Special Economic Zones
  • Malaysia:  Customs Act – increased penalties and more robust review process
  • New Zealand: permits for import/export of hydrofluorocarbons
  • EFTA: EEA EFTA states and US expand MRA on marine equipment, EU direct investment framework, updates on dual-use annex, SPV registration for Iran trade
  • Switzerland: Switzerland-UK trade continuity agreement
  • UK: guidance on trade agreements, continuity agreements with Israel and Palestine, Chile, Faroe Islands, MRA agreement with USA, draft export legislation, no-deal OGEL
  • Algeria: additional duties under Supplementary Finance Law
    Plus legislation and notices from Canada, Mexico, US, Argentina, Brazil,  Australia, China, India, Singapore, Switzerland, EU (plus France, Ireland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, UK), EAEU, Russia, South Africa as well as information on AD/CVD cases in many countries and our Webinars and Client Alerts.

February 2019 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the February 2019 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are the highlights:

  • UN: best practices guide for sanctions committees
  • WTO: recent disputes, DSB activities, TBT notifications
  • WCO: news releases
  • CPTPP Commission meets
  • CITES notifications
  • Canada: consultations on WTO e-commerce negotiations, CFIA Safe Food regulation
  • Mexico: FTA procurement thresholds
  • United States: export disputes, national emergencies, Proclamation modifying HTS, PTPA environmental consultations, Sec. 301 mitigation strategies, Special 301 consequences, UE-EU negotiating objectives, cultural property protection, additional Venezuela sanctions, scope of Chinese aluminum extrusion orders
  • Argentina: export duties on services, inflation adjustment
  • Australia: indexation of customs duties on excise-equivalent goods, no substantial transformation by encapsulating fish oil
  • China: cross-border e-commerce, revised anti-corruption powers in new Criminal Procedure Law
  • Hong Kong: tax incentives for R&D
  • India, FSSAI draft regulations, plant quarantine draft regulations, safeguard issues, import licensing
  • Thailand: new investment and tax scheme on international business center, postponed dual-use regulations
  • Vietnam: CPTPP issues and entry into force
  • EU-EFTA: EU-Japan SPA, EU-US negotiations recommendation, EEA EFTA-UK separation agreement
  • UK: UK-ESA trade continuity agreement, UK export penalties, UK-New Zealand mutual recognition, UK Trade Remedy Authority, Parliament defeats Brexit plan
  • EAEU: changes in non-preferential origin rules
  • Russia: expands import ban for Ukrainian goods
  • Cote d’Ivoire: public procurement going paperless
  • Togo: measures to support companies facing hardship

Plus listings of trade compliance actions, newsletters and client alerts, webinars, TBT notifications, CBSA advance rulings, EN explanatory notes, Safeguards, AD/CVD actions (US, Canada, Mexico, EU, Australia, China, India, Argentina, Brazil).


January 2019 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the January 2019 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are the highlights for this edition:

  •  WTO: UK post Brexit service commitments, trade policy reviews, new DSB disputes, update on DSB activities, TBT notifications
  •  WCO: news
  • CITES: updates
  • Canada: pilot of e-communications advance rulings project, implementation of CPTPP, assessment of Canada-US-Mexico Agreement, advance rulings, updates on D-Memoranda and Customs Notices
  • Mexico: CPTPP rules published, Northern Border Zone activities
  • USA: Proclamation modifying HTS, national emergency extended, US-China tariff war truce, signing of USMCA, 2019 Special 301 review, US-Japan FTA objectives, 301 exclusions granted, delay in 301 tariff increase, federal partial shutdown, ITC rule on duty suspensions and reductions, US-UK FTA investigation started, duty-free Haitian imports, civil penalty adjustments, CBP 21st Century Framework, modernized drawback regulations issued, procurement determinations, EAPA notices, 301 exclusions, year-end procedures, DOE eliminates end-use reporting for LNG exports, DOE contracts for LNG exports, ATF bans bump-stock-type devices, explosives list, OFAC/State to lift certain sanctions, Magnitsky Act report, BIS emerging technology, impact of CWC on legitimate pharmaceutical activities, FDA food labeling, AMS labeling of bio-engineered food
  • Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru: legislative and regulatory updates
  • Australia: CPTPP implementation, notices
  • China: CEPA agreement with Macao, potential risk for companies because of US Iranian sanctions and export controls, MOFCOM/GAC notices, Hong Kong notices to exporters
  • India: plant quarantine regulations, TBT responses, DSB proposals, HS changes in WTO schedules, telecommunications equipment requirements, CBIC and DGFT notices, circulars and instructions.
  • Japan: EU-Japan EPA, removal or Eritrea from export control order
  • Korea: approval of revised KORU
  • New Zealand: new rates for tobacco, CPTPP guides
  • Singapore: CPTPP circulars
  • Thailand: direct sales and direct marketing
  • EU-EFTA: Council extends Russian sanctions, crack down on illicit trade in cultural goods, EU-Japan FTA, EFTA-Indonesia FTA signed
  • Switzerland: FTA with Indonesia, future economic and trade relations with the UK
  • UK: submits WTO goods and services schedules, Brexit update, legislative and administrative instruments
  • Turkey: legislative and administrative update
  • Ukraine: legislative update
  • Eurasian Economic Union: Council and Board decisions
  • Russia: expands Ukrainian sanctions list, changes in personal use importation norms, legislative updates
  • Africa: Status of Africa Continental FTA
  • South Africa: Customs and Excise rules and tariff amendments

Plus our regular listings of trade compliance actions, newsletters and client alerts, webinars, WTO TBT notifications, 337 actions, AD/CVD and safeguard actions from US, Canada, Mexico, the EU, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, China, India and well as legislative updates from the Canada Gazette, Mexico Diario Oficial, US Federal Register, Argentine Official Bulletin, Brazil CAMEX and SECEX, Official Gazettes from Chile, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey and Ukraine, European Official Journal, Russian legislation and South African materials.


December 2018 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the December 2018 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. Here are the highlights for this edition:

  • Links to materials from our 2017 and 2018 Year End Import/Export Review in Santa Clara and 2018 Asia-Pacific International Trade Client Conference in Tokyo
  • UN: Security Council Res. 2444 on Somalia and Eritrea – repeals sanctions against Eritrea
  • WTO: proposed amendments to DSU, access to better trade data, efforts to reinvigorate the WTO, concerns over EU TRQs post Brexit, concern over US restrictions on Chinese technology, Trade Policy Reviews for Armenia and Hong Kong, disputes (panels established in several cases), WTO TBT Notifications
  • WCO: announcements and releases
  • CITES: Notifications
  • Canada: sanctions on individuals linked to Khashoggi murder, D-memoranda and Customs Notices
  • Mexico: temporary importation of sensitive goods by IMMEX companies, projects to modify IMMEX decree and Foreign Trade Rules, “Hecho en Mexico” rules
  • United States: new USMCA agreement signed, sanctions updates (Nicaragua, individuals associated with Khasoggi murder, Iran), national emergencies updates, FTA sugar surplus report, ITC investigation for proposed US-Japan FTA and US-EU FTA, BIS pilots 232 exclusion portal, CBP revises vessel repair regulations, CBP facial recognition test, brokers fee due, section 301 enforcement and significant ruling, advance truck manifests for section 321 imports, EAPA investigations, State identifies Cuban entities, State updates convention arms transfer policy, BIS seeks information on emerging technology controls, RUS “Buy American” regulations
  • Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia: agency legislative activities
  • Venezuela: new import duty and VAT exemptions for foodstuffs, school s pplies, goods/provisions of services regarding electoral processes
  • China: “grace period” for cross-border e-commerce pilot program extended, MOFCOM and GAC notices, Hong Kong SAR strategic trade circular
  • India: safeguard notification, new draft food safety standards, cotton price supports, state trading enterprises, WTO co-sponsor with South Africa of IP and Public Interest, AD practices report, CBIC circulars, notifications and instructions and DGFT notices
  • Indonesia: new regime of Customs Valuation Advice, details on new Bonded Zone regime
  • Malaysia: implementation of the new Sales and Service Tax (SST)
  • New Zealand: public consultation on UK-NZ trade agreement (post-Brexit), revised Working Tariff to reflect CPTPP, Gazette publications
  • Singapore: border enforcement legislation enhances anti-counterfeiting
  • Vietnam: ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
  • European Union and EFTA: EFTA ministerial meeting, seeking protection of EU companies from US Iran sanctions delayed, European Council approves Brexit agreement, consultation on EU Single Customs Window, EU strategy against illicit firearms, small arms and light weapons and their ammunition, EFTA-Indonesia CEPA negotiations, Iran statement by UK, France and Germany, European Parliament issues a non-binding resolution on Russia’s actions in the Sea of Azov,
  • Switzerland: EFTA-Indonesia agreement
  • United Kingdom: future of sanctions policy, Tariff, AD and Brexit notices
  • Turkey: legislative updates
  • Ukraine: Martial Law, legislative updates
  • Eurasian Economic Union: trade updates
  • Russian Federation: protection against disclosure for financial institutions, countersanctions against Ukrainian individuals and entities
  • South Africa and Zimbabwe: trad and tariff legislation

Plus our regular listings of trade compliance actions, newsletters and client alerts, webinars, WTO TBT notifications, 337 actions, AD/CVD and safeguard actions from US, Canada, Mexico, NAFTA panels, the EU, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, China, India and well as legislative updates from the Canada Gazette, Mexico Diario Oficial, US Federal Register, Argentine Official Bulletin, Brazil CAMEX and SECEX, Official Gazettes from Chile, Colombia, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey and Ukraine, European Official Journal, Russian legislation and South African materials.


November 2018 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the November 2018 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. Here are the highlights:

  • WTO: Ministerial conference; Australia joins Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), UK’s GPA process progresses, trade policy review – Vanuatu, disputes updates, WTO TBT notifications
  • WCO: 62nd HSC session, news
  • Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP): ratified by 6 countries – will enter into force on Dec. 30, 2018, rules of origin article
  • Canada: ratifies CPTPP, US Surtax Remission Order, steel safeguards, D-Memos and Customs Notices
  • Mexico: USMCA
  • USA: GSP Proclamation and updates, national emergencies, UK, EU and Japan trade agreements, WTO disputes, HTSUS updates, USMCA review by ITC, sec. 232 rebuttal procedures, drawback rules ordered by CIT, CBP interest rates, CBP 301 rulings, Craft Beverage procedures, CSMS messages, Iraqi vessel restrictions, AES updates, Wassenaar updates, OFAC designates Iranian SDNs, OFAC updates, interim FIRRMA rules and CFIUS pilot, CAATSA sanctions, ITAR revisions, USDA GAIN reports, CITA request and AGOA updates, softwood lumber inquiry
  • Australia: ratification of CPTPP
  • China: MOFCOM and Customs notices
  • India: Anti-dumping report, IPR, WTO notifications, CBIC and DGFT notifications
  • Malaysia: article- Is Malaysia Back on Track with the CPTPP?
  • New Zealand: ratification of CPTPP and PACER Plus trade agreements, changes to explosive import requirements
  • Singapore: North Korean sanctions updates, India-Singapore CECA rules
  • Vietnam: compulsory e-invoices
  • Europe: Trade agreements report, 2019 Combined Nomenclature, EU-Singapore ties, beef negotiations with US, EFTA-US dialogue, update of dual-use controls, chemical weapons, duties on aircraft goods, money launde ing, WCO 61st HSC outcomes
  • Czech Republic: Customs legislation
  • Switzerland: Pangea XI, Myanmar sanctions
  • United Kingdom: sanctions policy if no Brexit deal, OFSI annual review, HRMC and DIT notices • Turkey: export proceeds, traditional herbal medical draft rules, medical foods draft rules
  • Russia: countersanctions against Ukraine
  • South Africa: product exclusions from US sec. 232 tariffs

PLUS our regular legislative and regulatory updates from the Canada Gazette, Mexican Diario Oficial, US Federal Register, Argentine Official Bulletin, Brazil CAMEX and SECEX, EU Official Journal, Turkish Official Gazette, EAEU documents, Russian legislation, South African secondary legislation

AND CBP rulings and EU classification regulations, US 337 cases, ADD/CVD cases from USA, Canada, Mexico, NAFTA panels, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, China, India


October 2018 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the October 2018 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. The highlights of this Update are:

  • WTO: Trade policy review of Taiwan, Bahamas reactivates accession process, recent disputes and dispute activities, Appellate Body proposal
  • WCO: News releases
  • CITES: Notification on 19th Conference of the Parties
  • Canada: USMC Agreement reached, Canada-Mercosur FTA, Consultation on ASEAN FTA, D-Memoranda
  • Mexico: USMC Agreement reached
  • USA: USMC Agreement and next steps; US-Korea FTA outcomes; Sec. 301: List 3 launched and modified, exclusion procedures announced, CBP instructions; Miscellaneous Trade Bill Act; sanctions updates (election interference, CAATSA, etc.); national emergencies extended; sec. 232 exclusions processes for regular and quota products; sugar TRQs; solar safeguards exclusions, IP strategic plan; USITC updates to HTSUS; 232 uranium investigation extended; CBP discontinues broker ISA pre-certification test; import restrictions on Cambodian archaeological materials; COAC meeting; procurement final determination; Lever Rule application; Congressional Research Service report on export control reform; Cuba licensing procedures for Ag. Products; “Made in USA” enforcement; GAIN reports
  • CPTPP: Certification procedures and verifications
  • China: Tariffs on US goods
  • India: Report on CVD actions; implementation of HS changes extended; fisheries programmes
  • New Zealand: Excise duties
  • Philippines: Safeguard investigation on cement launched
  • Switzerland: Consideration of US-Swiss Mutual Customs Assistance agreement
  • UK: Brexit updates; Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018
  • EAEU: Safeguard investigation on certain flat-rolled steel launched

Plus — our regular tables of legislative and regulatory instruments issued by Canada, Mexico, USA, Australia, China, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, EU, France, Switzerland, Germany, Ice and, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the EAEU, Russia, South Africa; WTO TBT notifications; CBSA and European tariff classification rulings, CBP rulings for revocation or modification; section 337 actions; AD/CVD actions in the US, Canada, Mexico, EU, Australia, China and India; and trade compliance enforcement actions, newsletters and articles, webinars and seminars.


September 2018 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the September 2018 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

The highlights of this Update are:

    • WTO: Challenges to US safeguards, 232 and 301 tariffs; updates, TBT notifications
    • WCO: Agenda for 62nd HSC session, news
    • Panama: free tourist area; migration from SICE to SIGA system
    • Canada: consultation on steel diversion
    • US: NAFTA updates; exclusions from 232 quotas; increase in tariffs on Turkish steel, continuation of export controls; CFIUS update; AGOA updates; new Russian sanctions; US requests WTO retaliation against Indonesia; USTR’s requests for comments on China’s and Russia’s WTO compliance, trade mergers, notorious markets, GSP for Turkey; updates on 301 actions; HTSUS updates; ITC releases “Year in Trade 2017” report; restrictions on imports of Mexican fish; CBP interim rule on alcohol tax refunds; proposed drawback regulations; COBRA (user) fees; retroactive GSP claims; EAR missile technology revisions; FTC guides revised
    • China: tariffs on US goods (list 2)
    • India: safeguards; food standards; agricultural imports
    • Laos: adopts 2017 ASEAN tariff
    • New Zealand: new Customs law and regulations; provisional values; motor spirits duties; trade for all consultations
    • Vietnam: tax law
    • EU: blocking regulation; Czech VAT exemption for import/export services; Irish proposed “settlements” bill; UK seeks Russian sanctions for chemical use; UK export control order and Parliamentary reports
    • Turkey: new tariffs on US goods
    • Gulf Cooperation Council: managing new VAT law

Plus CBP revocations and modifications of rulings, the regular updates on AD/CVD matters and trade matters from the Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial (Mexico), US Federal Register, EU Official Journal, Turkish Official Gazette and many other countries.


August 2018 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the August 2018 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

The highlights of this Update are:

  • WTO – trade policy reviews of China and Israel, new disputes, post-Brexit commitments from the UK, 232 investigations, TBT notifications
  • WCO: 2018 SAFE Framework of Standards
  • Canada – post-Brexit trade with UK, remission of surtaxes (retaliatory duties), countermeasures
  • Mexico – government procurement thresholds under various FTAs
  • US – trade war updates, national emergencies extended, Miscellaneous Tariff Bill update, section 232 issues, Trade Promotion Authority extended, WTO disputes over retaliatory duties, sugar TRQs, sec. 301 tariffs updates, AGOA issues, CBP proposed drawback regulations, COAC, import restrictions on Libyan cultural materials, CBP procurement and EAPA determinations, warning on N. Korean links, Energy exports, ZTE update, Venezuelan sanctions updates, APHIS proposal on Lacey Act exemptions, honey, labeling, WTO agricultural safeguard triggers, AD/CVD scope rulings
  • Asia Pacific FTA update
  • China – retaliatory tariffs, launch of specialized commercial courts in two cities
  • India – WTO notifications, examination of duties on electronic transmissions
  • Thailand – identification of cosmetic manufacturers
  • Vietnam – new competition law
  • EU and EFTA – Union Customs Code regulation revised, provisional safeguards on certain steel products, EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (FTA), EU-China Summit update, Maldives sanctions
  • Switzerland – initiates WTO case against US steel and aluminum duties
  • United Kingdom – consultations on future FTAs with US, Australia, New Zealand, possible CPATPP membership
  • Algeria – new law on e-commerce, supplemental finance law
  • Morocco – safeguard investigation on coated wood board

Plus CBP revocations and modifications of rulings, the regular updates on AD/CVD matters and trade matters from the Canada Gazette, Di rio Oficial (Mexico), US Federal Register, EU Official Journal, Turkish Official Gazette and many other countries.


July 2018 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the July 2018 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

The highlights of this Update are:

  • WTO: Rules of origin facilitator, trade policy reviews, recent disputes regarding US steel and aluminum tariffs, DSB actions, TBT notifications.
  • Canada: Guidance on surtax for certain US goods, revised steel and aluminum marking rules, retaliatory tariffs on US goods announced, CBSA rulings.
  • Mexico: Retaliatory tariffs on US goods.
  • US: Sections 232 and 301 tariff updates, reorganization of some Federal agencies proposed, national emergencies extended (Belarus, N. Korea and Western Balkans), investment restrictions considered, USTR seeks comments on 7 WTO disputes, comment period extended for sec. 232 tariffs for auto products, cultural property import restrictions, CBP issues interim rule on air cargo advance screening, administrative review of EAPA Determinations, CBP instructions on section 301 duties, Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017 implementation, DOE policy on natural gas exports to non-FTA countries, sanctions updates (Sudan, Iran, Magnitsky), revised OFAC rough diamond regulations, NRC seeks comments on draft clarification of export reporting requirements for nuclear facilities, equipment, and non-nuclear materials, new settlement with China’s ZTE to suspend Denial Order, ITA revises and clarifies user fees for export and investment pro-motion services/events, BIS regulatory revisions, sugar TRQs, government procurement rules to address measures against persons involved in activities that violate arms control treaties or agreements with the US, Kaspersky Lab software prohibitions, Commerce scope and anti-circumvention rulings listed.
  • Brazil: press release on US steel tariff and quotas.
  • China: Response to US tariffs.
  • Japan: METI launches e-learning program in the field of security export control for academic and research institutes.
  • New Zealand: WTO Information Technology Agreement Tariff Amendment, MPI Biosecurity System Entry Levy, New Health Promotion Agency (HPA) Levy rates and excise rates for Alcohol, compulsory airbag recall now in effect.
  • Philippines: Implementation of the EFTA-Philippines FTA in the Philippines.
  • Vietnam: Customs control changes under recent government decrees, Vietnam’s updated policy on inclusion of new solar power projects in power development plans, new decree on sales promotions is being circulated.
  • EU and EFTA: EFTA States sign FTA with Ecuador, updated FTA with Turkey, EU adopts ‘rebalancing measures’ in reaction to US steel and aluminium tariffs – will collect higher tariffs on US goods, EU renews Russia sanctions concerning annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol, EU and Australia launch FTA talks, Commission proposes measures to make tax and customs cooperation between Member States better and more efficient in next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, EU’s tougher trade defence rules takes effect, Commission issues notice regarding customs enforcement of IP rights after Brexit, European Commission formally commences update of the Blocking Statute.
  • Turkey: Retaliation against US tariffs on steel and aluminum.
  • Ukraine: New law on LLCs became effective.
  • Russia: Update on Russia’s new countersanctions.

Plus the regular features: WTO TBT notifications, CITES notifications, WCO news, legislative issuances from many countries, CBSA advance rules, CBP ruling revocations and modifications, EU classification regulations, CN explanatory notes amendments; AD/CVD cases from US, Canada, Mexico, EU, Australia, China, India, Argentina and Brazil; section 337 actions.


June 2018 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the June 2018 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

The highlights of this Update are:

  • WTO: Trade policy review of Mauritania; recent disputes; dispute settlement activities; Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) notifications
  • WCO: news releases
  • Other International: Reconsidering TPP; CITES notifications
  • Central America: Costa Rica implements UN Trade in Arms treaty
  • Canada: Intent to impose countermeasures against US steel and aluminum tariffs; modernized Canada – Israel FTA; imports under Tobacco and Vaping Products Act; advance rulings, D-Memos and Customs Notices
  • Mexico: Measures against US tariffs on steel and aluminum (Click here to read the client alert); approval of CPTPP (formerly known as TPP)
  • United States: Update on steel and aluminum tariffs; steps to protect domestic technology and IP from China; revised Venezuelan sanctions; national emergencies extended (Syria, C.A.R., Yemen, Iraq); withdrawal from JCPOA; re-imposition of certain Iranian sanctions after 90/180 day periods; revocations of certain General Licenses; Commerce initiates Sec. 232 investigation on automotive products; termination of US-Ecuador bilateral investment treaty; GSP reviews; seeking members for ITACs; WTO disputes; ITC investigations; distribution of CDSOA funds; US-Israel FTA origin certification changes; CBP quarterly interest rates; CBP final determinations of origin in procurement cases; EAPA notices; forced labor detention notices; steel and aluminum entry filing requirements; Korean steel quota; CSMS messages;FTZ Board actions; BIS/State propose firearms export changes; BIS UVL revisions; imposition of non-proliferation measures; ease restrictions on UAS (drone) sales; Russian sanctions General Licenses; restrictive measures lists; TTB clarifies hemp policy; APHIS policy change; GAIN reports; certification of shrimp-harvesting nations; change in DoD micro purchase amount; softwood lumber subsidy inquiry; AD/CVD scope rulings
  • South America; Mercosur-Korea FTA; Argentina and Brazil trade resolutions, etc.
  • Australia: Updates export controls for tangibles; changes to GST on low value goods
  • China (including Hong Kong SAR): New Chinese entry information requirements; MOFCOM and Customs notices; Hong Kong import/export of encryption products
  • India: Proposed retaliation for US steel and aluminum tariffs; CBIC and DGFT notifications
  • Japan: Revisions to End User List
  • Malaysia: Notification under sec. 12 of the Customs Act
  • New Zealand: New Customs and Excise Act; GST on low-value imports; EU-NZ Customs Cooperation Agreement; Gazette and fact sheets
  • Singapore: new Singapore Trade Classification, Customs and Excise Duties 2018; Sri Lanka-Singapore FTA origin rules; notices and circulars
  • EU and EFTA: EU reaction to US steel and aluminum tariffs and imposition of retaliatory measures; FTA negotiations with Australia and New Zealand; EU blocking regulation; OJ trade documents including restrictive measures
    • France: Notices to importers; Official Gazette
    • Italy: New Customs and Monopoly law and regulations
    • UK: Sanctions, embargoes and anti-money Laundering updates and guidance; calls for proactive Russian sanctions strategy; legislation; HMRC, DIT, ECJU, OFSI and F&CO notices
    • Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Spain and Switzerland: Trade legislation, including regulations and restrictive measures
  • Turkey: Laws, resolutions, orders, etc.
  • Ukraine: New Russian sanctions; laws, resolutions, orders, etc.
  • Eurasian Economic Union: Council regulations and orders; Board regulations, orders and recommendations; preliminary classification decisions
    • Belarus: Preliminary classification decisions
    • Russia: Update on new countersanctions legislation; trade legislation
  • Africa: Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement update
    • South Africa: Tariff amendments

Plus Trade Compliance enforcement actions; newsletters and articles; webinars, WTO TBT notifications; CBSA advance rulings; CBP rulings (modifications and revocations); EU tariff classification regulations; CN explanatory notes; section 337 actions; AD/CVD cases and status for US, Canada, Mexico, NAFTA panels; EU, Australia, India, Chia, Argentina and Brazil.


May 2018 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the May 2018 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

The highlights of this Update are:

  • WTO: Trade policy review; disputes and DSB activities, TBT notifications
  • WCO: Working group on e-commerce; announcements and events
  • CITES: Latest notifications
  • Guatemala: Accedes to CISG
  • Nicaragua: Single trade window pilot
  • Canada: Seeks comments on aligning steel and aluminum origin marking with US requirements; Supreme Court upholds certain inter-provincial trade restrictions; AD/CVD program changes
  • Mexico: Mexico – EU global agreement
  • United States: Continuation of national emergency re: Somalia; aluminum and steel proclamations; 232 exemptions; AGOA; USTR country reviews; USTR publishes proposed Chinese tariff list; 337 rules; ITC APO report; ITC investigation of trade authorities extension; investigation of proposed US-Korea FTA modifications; extensions of cultural property agreements; ACE updates; CBP accepting GSP claims; CBP regulations amendments; procurement determinations; 232 and Korean steel quota filing requirements; Census clarifies Kimberley Process confidentiality rules; DHS penalty adjustments; UAS export policy; BIS action against ZTE; digital currency on sanctions; OFAC updates; BIS amends EAR on specified target assemblies; Australia Group updates; NMFS requires shrimp and abalone reporting through ACE seafood traceability program
  • Australia: Consolidate list of sanctions updated; Prohibited exports regulation 13E amended; Defence Trade Controls Act review; Trade and Customs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Regulations; Japan-Australia EPA duty rate changes; Commerce (Trade Descriptions) penalties
  • China: Additional duties on certain US products; 301 retaliation list
  • India: Internal compliance programs for exports promoted; CBEC changes to CBITC
  • Indonesia: Safeguard launched
  • Philippines: EFTA-Philippines FTA
  • Vietnam: Internet services
  • EU-EFTA: EU Myanmar/Burma arms embargo; surveillance of certain aluminium products; Byrd Amendment retaliatory duties reduced; Mexico-EU agreement; EFTA-Philippine FTA; revised customs-IPR procedures; Brexit; CN revisions
  • Sweden: administrative sanctions
  • Switzerland: EFTA-Philippines FTA; N. Korean sanctions
  • UK: Customs and export contravention penalties
  • Russia: Proposed harsh counter-sanctions
  • South Africa: Safeguard investigation
  • Plus coverage of notices, proposals and regulations in the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Mexican Diario Oficial, EU Official Journal (and trade related statutory instruments from several individual countries), Russian and EAEU legislation, EU classification regulations, anti-dumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) cases.

April 2018 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the April 2018 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. The highlights of this Update are:

• WTO: Trade policy review, DSB updates, TBT notifications
• WCO news
• Other international matters: CPTTP signed, CITES notifications
• Central America: Costa Rica safeguard investigation
• Canada takes action against steel/aluminum transshipment; MFA position on US steel/aluminum tariffs
• Mexico: Deadline for global pedimento
• USA: AGOA determinations, GSP renewal, steel and aluminum tariffs and exemptions, China actions, expanded Venezuela sanctions, national emergencies extended, US-Korea agreement (in principle),  US-Mexico agreements, ACE updates, CBP procurement determinations, TFTEA drawback,  CBP e-commerce strategy, Census FTR manifest guidance, civil monetary penalty adjustments, Entity List revisions, additional Russian sanctions, N. Korea sanctions regulations
• South America: regulatory update
• China: response to US steel and aluminum tariffs, MOFCOM/GAC notices
• Korea: FTA with Central American countries, Korea-US FTA agreement
• Europe: EU steel safeguard investigation, US steel tariff consultation, Brexit updates, Common Military List revised, Union Customs Code proposal,  CN amendments, regulatory updates
• Netherlands: Internal compliance program for strategic, torture goods and sanctions
• Switzerland: Venezuela sanctions, smartphone Customs clearance “QuickZoll”
• UK: pre-Brexit trade negotiations, duty suspensions guidance, third-country fulfilment business provisions
• EAEU: regulatory update
• Russia: legislative update
• Algeria: Vehicle assembly
• Tunisia: to join COMESA
• Africa: Launch of African Continental Free Trade Area, South Africa update

Plus coverage of notices, proposals and regulations in the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Mexican Diario Oficial,  EU Official Journal (and trade related statutory instruments from several individual countries),  Russian and EAEU legislation, EU classification regulations, anti-dumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) cases.


March 2018 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the March 2018 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. The highlights of this Update are:

  • WTO: trade policy reviews, recent disputes, Dispute Settlement Body activities, TBT notifications
  • WCO: Agenda for 61st HSC session, 60th HSC session decisions, WCO news
  • Other International Matters: the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP 11) to be signed, UK gives CPTPP a boost; CITES notifications
  • Central America: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Panama updates
  • Canada: Gazette updates, D- Memos, Customs Notices, AD/CVD cases
  • Mexico: Diario Oficial updates, AD/CVD cases
  • USA: Cuban update; national emergency extensions; export control bill; MPF and other user fees extended; GSP legislation passes house; sec. 232 steel and aluminum reports and recommendations; President’s trade policy and agenda released; USTR procedures for seeking exemptions from solar cell safeguards; HTS changes; reminder on customs value implications of year end transfer pricing adjustments; private sector participation with CBP and ICE; import restrictions on Belize artifacts; government procurement final determinations; Lever-Rule actions; ACE updates and milestones; reconciliation, liquidation and drawback changes; revocations and modifications of CBP rulings; N. Korean sanctions; Schedule B revisions; ITAR and EAR amendments and proposals; FTC Energy Rule amendment; USDA GAIN reports; AD/CVD and 337 cases
  • South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru legislative updates and Argentine and Brazilian AD/CVD cases
  • Australia: excise equivalent customs duty adjusted, renaming of Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) to Department of Home Affairs (DHA), AD/CVD cases
  • China: N. Korean sanctions, AD/CVD cases, Hong Kong SAR sanctions o N. Korea
  • India: CBEC and DGFT updates and AD/CVD
  • Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam updates
  • Europe: EU sanctions updates for N. Korea and Syria; recommendations for Myanmar/Burma, Cambodia and the Maldives; Byrd Amendment retaliatory duties update; GSP revisions; annual report on exports of military equipment, Commission posts Brexit implications; classification regulations and CN revisions; OJ documents; AD/CVD cases; German export control newsletters; UK sanctions on N. Korea; UK export control order amendments; UK House of Lords Brexit report on competition and state aid; government procurement thresholds under EEA and WTO; individual countries’ legislative updates
  • Turkey: new customs system for tracking goods, updates, AD/CVD cases
  • Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU): Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) decisions and recommendations, preliminary classification rulings, Russian and Belarus updates
  • Israel: elimination of Certificate of Origin
  • South Africa: tariff amendments

Plus coverage of notices, proposals and regulations in the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Mexican Diario Oficial, EU Official Journal (and trade related statutory instruments from several individual countries), Russian and EAEU legislation, CBP modifications and revocations of rulings, EU classification regulations, anti-dumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) cases.


February 2018 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the February 2018 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. The highlights of this Update are:

  • 2018 Global Trade and Supply Chain Webinar Series “Continuing Challenge in Global Trade” registration and session details
  • WTO: trade policy review, DSB activities and recent disputes, TBT notifications
  • WCO: latest news
  • Other International Matters: Trans-Pacific Partnership (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)) to be signed in March by remaining 11 countries; CITES notifications
  • Central America: notices from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Panama
  • Canada: North Korean sanctions, CBSA advance rulings
  • Mexico: North Korean sanctions, amendments to Foreign Trade General Rules and General Import and Export Duties Law for chapter 27 products
  • US: President imposes safeguards on large residential washing machine, solar cells, and certain parts; national emergency extension; House passes MTB; USTR proposes ITACS changes; Notorious Markets report issued; ITC issues 2018 HTS; CBP search policy revised for personal electronics; drawback changes; domestic party challenge to CBP classification; IRS interest rates; new AD/CVD webpage; on-line services for brokers; CAATSA sanctions report; CRS report on export control initiative; TTB update; FDA listing for dairy exports; government procurement thresholds; DoD procurement recognizes N. Korea as state sponsor of terrorism; NMFS proposes “trusted trader” program for imports
  • South America: updates for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru
  • China: draft export control law; advance rulings process revised; Hong Kong Strategic Commodities notices
  • India: joins Australia Group; safeguards on solar cells
  • New Zealand: Greenhouse Gas Levy; tobacco excise duties
  • Singapore: Tourist refund scheme
  • Vietnam: new regulations on logistics services; notices
  • EU and EFTA: EU revises GSP preferences; Brexit notice regarding import/export licenses; CN amendments
  • UK: DIT guide to new trade legislation
  • EAEU: updated orders and decisions
  • Russian Federation: updated legislation
  • Seychelles: reduction of import duties
  • Trade compliance actions: private party initiated (qui tam) cases

Plus coverage of notices, proposals and regulations in the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Mexican Diario Oficial, EU Official Journal (and trade related statutory instruments from several individual countries), Russian and EAEU legislation, as well as CBSA advance rulings, CBP modifications and revocations of rulings, EU classification regulations, anti-dumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) cases.


January 2018 International Trade Compliance Update

The January 2018 Update covers the period from early November 2017 through December 31, 2017 for Mexico, Canada, the US, Australia, Singapore, the EU and EFTA, Turkey, Ukraine and the Eurasian Economic Union. Our coverage of other countries will resume in the February Update. The highlights of this Update are:

  • New UN sanctions against North Korea
  • WTO: trade policy reviews, dispute cases, food safety concerns, new global help desk
  • Trans-Pacific Partnership: the TPP 11 countries agreed on the core elements of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
  • Canada: Preclearance Bill receives Royal Assent, steel monitoring program extended, corruption and human rights (Magnitsky Act) sanctions
  • Mexico: government procurement thresholds for FTAs published
  • US: HTS modifications, implementation of Global Magnitsky Act sanctions, N. Korean actions, extension of national emergencies, Miscellaneous Tariff Bill introduced, USTR publishes TAA government procurement thresholds, USTR requests import injury information on large residential washers and certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, ITC investigations, update on CBP forced labor activities, ACE projects, import restrictions imposed on archaeological and ethnological materials from Libya, “Lever-Rule” application granted, TAA final determinations, GSP instructions, EPA EEI requirements, FinCEN measures, OFAC issues Magnitsky Act Sanctions Regulations, OFAC and BIS rules implementing revised Cuba policy, APHIS guidance on soybean exports to China, government procurements updates from DoD, CBERA duty-free imports from Haiti
  • Australia: Home Affairs portfolio
  • Singapore: ASEAN Single Window, bars commercially traded goods from N. Korea
  • EU and EFTA: Dual use items updated, Venezuelan sanctions, UK trade and customs legislation
  • UAE: Implementation of VAT law and regulations on imports

Plus coverage of notices, proposals and regulations in the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Mexican Diario Oficial, EU Official Journal (and trade related statutory instruments from several individual countries), Russian and EAEU legislation, as well as CBSA advance rulings, CBP modifications and revocations of rulings, EU classification regulations, anti-dumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) cases.


November 2017 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the November 2017 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. Here are some highlights:

  • WTO: Trade policy reviews for Iceland and WAEMU; GPA observers; rules of origin review for LDC preferences; dispute updates
  • WCO: 60th HSC session
  • El Salvador: fiscal amnesty
  • NAFTA negotiations
  • Canada: repeals facilitation payments exception; firearms control – proposed addition of Japan and Mexico; consolidated sanctions list issued
  • Mexico: goods restricted from North Korea
  • US: national emergency extensions; decertification of Iran; sanctions; Cuban policy; crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells remedy recommendations; applicants for NAFTA Binational Panel rosters, DHS/Commerce MOA; Jones Act waivers; ITDS test of seafood monitoring; modifications of PSC and PMS programs; COBRA fees adjusted for inflation; prohibition on Burmese Jadeite and rubies removed; COAC meeting;  quarterly interest rates; “Lever Rule” cases; East Trade Symposium; State guidance on retaliatory Russian sanctions; Directive 4 revised; OFAC amends Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations; Belarus General License 2D; request for comments on routed export transactions;  BIS clarifies license exceptions GOV and STA; US-Canada joint notice on sea containers; Lacey Act pilot ends; FCC streamlines procedures; Labor seeks information on child labor/forced labor; FWS electronic licensing; EPA mercury reporting; Commerce holds China is not market economy.
  • Argentina: imports of used oil and gas goods; duty exemption for renewable energy components
  • Japan: Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act implementation
  • New Zealand: Changes to import and export prohibitions
  • Vietnam: Law on start-ups; draft law on special administrative economic zones
  • EU: Commission releases 2018 Combined Nomenclature (Tariff); sanctions-Burundi, Guinea, N. Korea; tariff suspensions; BREXIT; Customs Decisions System; HSC decisions, opinions and EN amendments
  • Germany: Amendments to the Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance
  • Sweden: stricter weapons export rules proposed
  • Switzerland: N. Korean sanctions
  • United Kingdom: guidance for sanctions compliance; sanctions and anti-money laundering bill; Mali sanctions; post EU trade and customs policy
  • Turkey: guidelines on package information and tracking medicinal products
  • Gulf Cooperation Council: safeguard investigation on chemical plasticizers
  • Israel: new computerized Customs System planned

Plus – WTO TBT Notifications, legislation and regulations from the Federal Register, European Journal, Canada Gazette, Mexican Diario Oficial, and similar official gazettes from many other countries; antidumping and countervailing duty updates from the US, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, China, India, EU, Australia, EAEU, Turkey and others; 337 case activities. In addition, we have webinars and seminars, articles and client alerts.


October 2017 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the October 2017 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. Here are some highlights:

•United Nations: Mali and N. Korean sanctions
•WTO: trade policy reviews, dispute settlement cases, TBT notifications
•WCO: announcements
•CITES: notifications
•Central America and Caribbean: Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Panama updates
•NAFTA negotiations
•Canada: discussions with TPP members, CETA implementation
•Mexico: N. Korea sanctions
•USA: sanctions, Presidential documents, USTR notices on Singapore Chap. 18, NAFTA environmental review, special 301 reviews, AGOA update, DHS border wall documents, hurricane related waivers and guidance, changes to in-bond process, import restrictions for certain Guatemalan and Mali artifacts, GSP guidance, FTR updates, natural gas exports, BIS and OFAC updates, dairy TRQs, CITA updates
•Argentina: MERCOSUR nomenclature
•Brazil: consultation on new import process
•Australia: tariff amendments
•New Zealand: Trade Single Window to be mandatory 1 July 2018, Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (goods) Levy, WTO ITA concessions, goods re-entered for repair or alteration under Korea FTA Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature 2017, tariff-related Executive Orders
•Singapore: Turkey-Singapore FTA
•Thailand: new Customs Law
•EU: sanctions updates, implementation of CETA
•UK : new trade dialogue with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

Plus – WTO TBT Notifications, legislation and regulations from the Federal Register, European Journal, Canada Gazette, Mexican Diario Oficial, and similar official gazettes from many other countries; antidumping and countervailing duty updates from the US, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, China, India, EU, Australia, EAEU, Turkey and others; 337 case activities. In addition, we have webinars and seminars, articles and client alerts.


September 2017 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the September 2017 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. Here are some highlights:

  • United Nations: Security Council Resolution 2371 on North Korea
  • WTO: New disputes and action on pending cases
  • WCO: Agenda for the 60th Harmonized System Committee session
  • North America: NAFTA negotiations
  • Canada: NAFTA, CETA (Canada-EU FTA), consultation on Pacific Alliance FTA
  • Mexico: FAST lanes for AEO companies
  • US: Venezuelan sanctions, investigation of China’s IP and technology practices, extension of export control regulations, new Russia, N. Korea and Iran sanctions legislation, government procurement study, Section 301 reviews, GSP review, Russia’s and China’s compliance with WTO commitments, Sugar TRQs, ACE updates, expansion of Global Entry program, CBP’s first decision under EAPA’s duty evasion procedures, government procurement final determinations, guidance for Hurricane Harvey, CEE update, CMAA agreements signed, EPA announces ACE compliance dates, Census updates export Schedule B and AES reports, State modifies Cat. XI of USML temporarily, FDA guidance on drug supply chain
  • Argentina: importation of components needed by domestic oil industry
  • Australia: Consultation on review of UN counter terrorism listings, indexation of duty rates for tobacco products, consultation on regulation 13E of the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958
  • PR of China: implementation of UNSC Res. 2371 against N. Korea
  • Japan: Updates end user list
  • New Zealand: trial of critical clearance
  • European Union: Libyan sanctions, Russian sanctions, on-lines sales of goods, classification of certain vehicles
  • Estonia: New Customs Act enters into force
  • Ireland: Launch of Customs Decision System
  • Lithuania: Centralized registration of customs declarations
  • Malta: Introduction of new National Import System
  • United Kingdom: Brexit news, future customs relationship with the EU, sanction program post-Brexit
  • Ukraine: Safeguard investigation on sulfuric acid and oleum

Plus – WTO TBT Notifications, legislation and regulations from the Federal Register, European Journal, Canada Gazette, Mexican Diario Oficial, and similar official gazettes from many other countries; CBSA advance rulings, CBP revocations and modifications, European classification regulations; antidumping and countervailing duty updates from the US, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, China, India, EU, Australia, EAEU, Turkey and others; 337 case activities. In addition, we have webinars and seminars, articles and client alerts.


August 2017 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the August 2017 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. Here are some highlights:

  • UNSC Res. 2368
  • WTO: review of regional trade agreements; Trade Policy Reviews of EU and Brazil; DSB activities
  • Central America: Guatemala-Honduras Customs Union
  • Canada: MRA with Australia, Israel
  • USA: sanctions update; Executive Orders, continuation of national emergencies; NAFTA objectives and negotiations; sugar TRQs; KORUS FTA meeting; USTR seeks comments on AGOA, CBERA and CBTPA; GSP review; ITC Year in Trade released; US-Mexico sugar agreement; ACAS; adjustment of fees; AES EEI, Global Entry expanded; “Lever Rule” determinations; FTZ actions; FINCEN actions; EAR revisions; FDA low value shipment rules; FSIS guidance for importers; FSIS Siluriformes inspections; FCC modernizes import requirements
  • Argentina: changes to import licensing procedures
  • Ecuador: removal of import surcharges
  • Australia: penalties increase; sanctions review
  • Japan: revised Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act
  • Malaysia: Strategic Trade (Amendment) Act; new GST relief;
  • New Zealand: export of indigenous timber; consultation on drawback
  • Singapore: Strategic Goods Control list
  • Thailand: new e-commerce law; government procurement and supplies management bill
  • Vietnam: new Civil Code amendments affect bank accounts for foreign representative offices and other businesses
  • EU: sanctions and restrictions; consultation on exchange of custom information; EU-Japan EPA; CN amendments
  • Sweden: proposes tightened export controls of military equipment
  • UK: Parliament looks at post-Brexit sanctions policy
  • Qatar: diplomatic crisis

Plus regulations and notices published in government gazettes or posted on government websites that relate to Customs/imports, Exports, Trade Sanctions, Trade Remedies, Government Procurement, Antibribery or related trade issues, as well as links to numerous client alerts and registration information on upcoming webinars or seminars.


July 2017 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the July 2017 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are some highlights:

  • UN: additional sanctions against North Korea
  • WTO: Australia GPA progress, rules of origin. Agriculture exports, trade policy review, dispute resolution and new cases
  • WCO: HSC decisions, news
  • Canada: Canada-Chile FTA modernized, NAFTA consultation
  • Mexico: NAFTA comments and proposals website, government procurement thresholds, export clearance at business premises, elimination of cash payments for passengers, Sugar agreement with US reached
  • United States: Presidential actions, HTS revisions, sanctions extensions and expansions, policy changes for Cuba, USTR seeks info on FTA violations/abuses, out-of-cycle AGOA reviews, NAFTA consultation, safeguard investigation on residential washers, restrictions on imports of Libyan, Peruvian cultural objects, aluminum national security review, CBP customs broker revisions, ACE updates and tests, forced labor regulations, COAC, TAA final determinations, post-importation preference claims, CEEs, CSMS messages, removal of Burmese sanctions, Export Administration Regulations corrections, consumer agencies’ create global website, FTC rules on energy and textile labeling, FDA third party certifications, USDA quotas, mandatory Siluriformes inspection, AD/CVD scope rulings
  • Argentina: MERCOSUR tariff classification decisions
  • Venezuela: new VAT and duty exemptions to aid vehicle and motorcycle manufacturing
  • Australia: ITA duty revisions, export reporting, Nuclear agreement with Ukraine, Pacific Trade and Development Agreement, tariff precedent updates
  • Hong Kong SAR Strategic Commodities Regulations Amendment
  • China: FTZ changes for foreign investment
  • India: Integrated Goods and Services Tax
  • New Zealand: tariff concessions, food import registration, HPA and duty levies for alcohol, ACC levy on motor spirits
  • Philippines: new Tariff Code
  • Singapore: new end-user statement for strategic exports, Customs Act amendments
  • EU/EFTA: extension of sanctions (Russia, Crimea, Syria), trade barriers, duty suspensions, duty-free imports for Italian earthquake victims, revised Union Customs Code implementation rules
  • Switzerland: consultation on customs agreement with US, revised VAT
  • UK: Queen’s Speech (Brexit, Customs, etc.)
  • Egypt: importer registration, new import regulations
  • Qatar: diplomatic and trade crisis

Plus regulations and notices published in government gazettes or posted on government websites that relate to Customs/imports, Exports, Trade Sanctions, Trade Remedies, Government Procurement, Antibribery or related trade issues, as well as links to numerous client alerts and registration information on upcoming webinars or seminars.


June 2017 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the June 2017 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. Here are some highlights:

  • WTO: annual report, trade policy review, disputes update, TBT notifications, Mexican retaliation against US in tuna case
  • WCO: new members, new valuation advisory opinion, news
  • APEC: trade ministers statement
  • TPP: ministerial statement from 11 countries to continue TPP
  • ICC: rules of origin recommendations
  • CITES: new notifications
  • Central America: new releases from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Panama
  • Canada: regulations, notices, restrictive measures, D-memoranda and Customs Notices, anti-dumping cases
  • Mexico: Mexico-EU rules of origin, anti-dumping cases
  • US: trade-related executive orders, extensions of national emergencies, CBP and ICE appropriations, S.Ct case on patent exhaustion, Fed. Circuit case on protesting interest demands, new USTR confirmed, NAFTA negotiations, safeguard case on crystalline silicon photo-voltaic cells, ITC duty suspensions, ITC investigations, US-China economic cooperation action plan, Sec. 232 investigations on aluminum, softwood lumber, NIST guide to electric/electronic compliance requirements, NIST guide on cosmetics, Byrd Amendment (CDSOA) distributions, tuna TRQ, quarterly interest rates, User Fee committee, procurement determination, “Lever” rule application, CBP processing of DDTC licenses for carnets, FTA preference rules analysis, CBP ruling modifications and revocations, BIS Entity list, OFAC SDNs and Ukraine sanctions, Iranian sanctions and waivers, TTB declaration canceled, commercial availability requests (CITA), Commerce extends China NME investigation, anti-dumping cases
  • Argentina; used goods prohibition, MERCOSUR tariff decision, anti-dumping
  • Brazil: CAMEX resolutions and anti-dumping cases
  • Australia: HKFTA negotiations, Australia-New Zealand meet on food regulation, anti-dumping cases
  • India: latest notifications and anti-dumping cases
  • New Zealand: Korean clarification
  • Vietnam: Solar power agreement, latest notices
  • Europe: DRC sanctions, EFTA news, supply chain due diligence, BTI issuing authorities, GSP+ update, OJ notices, regulations and decisions, sanctions updates, Italy anti-corruption regulation, UK notices from HMRC and ECO
  • Eurasian Economic Union: decisions, regulations, etc., anti-dumping cases
  • Russia: partial lifting of Turkish sanctions
  • Iran: sanctions against US companies

Plus regulations and notices published in government gazettes or posted on government websites that relate to Customs/imports, Exports, Trade Sanctions, Trade Remedies, Government Procurement, Antibribery or related trade issues, as well as links to numerous client alerts and registration information on upcoming webinars or seminars.


May 2017 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the May 2017 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. Here are some highlights:

  • WTO: trade policy reviews, disputes, TBT notifications
  • WCO: news releases
  • Canada: consultation on MERCOSUR FTA, softwood lumber, Syrian sanctions, repeal of Côte d’Ivoire and Liberian sanctions, D-Memorandum and Customs Notices
  • US: Executive orders (on FTAs. Trade agreements, Buy American, AD/CVD, etc.), Presidential Memoranda (national Security-imports of steel and aluminum), Puerto Rico’s enhanced security fee challenge, USTR 301 report, Commerce investigations on steel and aluminum imports and trade deficits, GAO report on trade agreements, currency intervention report, MTB (miscellaneous trade bill) updates, CBP origin final determination, OFAC general licenses, sanctions updates, Entity List revisions, conflict minerals reporting update, CPSC safety standards, no TTB regulation of vaping devices, Australia-US food safety, CAFTA-DR annex 3.25, investigation on China NME status
  • Brazil: CAMEX reorganized
  • Australia: strengthening antibribery enforcement, Pacific trade and development agreement, consultations on several FTA proposals
  • Japan: Japan-Korea-China FTA update, North Korean sanctions
  • Malaysia: 2017 tariff now in effect
  • New Zealand: Import certificates, laser import prohibition, single window update
  • Vietnam: solar policy adopted
  • EU and EFTA: Brexit update, EU retaliatory duties against certain US exports, sanctions update, firearms control, requests for suspension of tariffs, revocations of tariff information because of HSC decisions, EU-Turkey update, EU-Indonesia update, TTIP advisory report
  • Croatia: Draft law on customs brokers
  • Germany: export controls update
  • Switzerland: Import promotion programme
  • UK: Consultation on post-Brexit sanctions, enforcement of sanctions
  • Turkey: toy safety regulations, food additives update, ratification of MEDICRIME convention, safeguard investigation on tyres
  • EAEU: single window development, EEC gets new customs powers

Plus regulations and notices published in government gazettes or posted on government websites that relate to Customs/imports, Exports, Trade Sanctions, Trade Remedies, Government Procurement, Antibribery or related trade issues, as well as links to numerous client alerts and registration information on upcoming webinars or seminars.


April 2017 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the April 2017 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. Here are some highlights:

  • WTO: trade in services proposals, trade policy review- Japan, disputes, TBT notifications
  • WCO news
  • CITES updates
  • Central America – updates
  • Canada: single window initiative, self-service border kiosks, Commonwealth trade ministers meeting, consultation on FTA with China, relief from AD on building materials
  • United States: Nominations for CBP Commissioner and Export Administration; executive orders on AD/CVD and trade and customs enforcement,  trade deficit, executive branch reorganization; continuation of national emergencies; TIFA talks with Afghanistan, Vietnam and Laos; USTR issues 2017 Trade Policy Agenda and 2016 annual report on trade; GSP product review, ITC posts comments on MTB petitions; CBERA hearing; State consultations on conflict diamonds; extension of cultural property agreements with Belize, Guatemala and Mali; use of domestic steel and iron on pipelines; US, Canadian counterparts meeting; final determinations in procurement cases; Lever Rule treatment approvals; CBP West Coast Trade Symposium; international boycott list; State imposes non-proliferation measures; large export fines; Entity List updates; Commerce committees seek members; OFAC news; CPSC standards updates; FDA amend prior notice regs.; hazmat regs.; AD/CVD and anticircumvention rulings
  • Argentina: Amnesty for customs debts, changes to non-automatic license list
  • Brazil: Meat safety assurances, new CAMEX portal
  • Peru: new labelling requirement for manufactured goods
  • Australia: Japan FTA duty rate changes, Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Regulation, GST threshold changes
  • China: Changes to pre-shipment inspection policy, labor-based trade consequences (article)
  • Vietnam: New decree on commercial mediation
  • EU and EFTA: UK triggers Art. 50 (Brexit), common military list, EEA organic production, EFTA-Malaysia trade negotiations, standardisation initiative, conflict minerals, Russian sanctions extended, access to SWIFT barred for N. Korean banks, Ukrainian sanctions renewed
  • Croatia – eExcise modules for foreign tobacco stamps
  • France: Customs searches for hidden Swiss bank accounts
  • Switzerland: Syrian sanctions partially lifted for humanitarian purposes
  • United Kingdom: Brexit legislation, Art. 50 (Brexit) triggered
  • Turkey: Food labelling requirements
  • Ukraine: ratification of Canada-Ukraine FTA, Russian sanctions
  • Botswana: advance ruling system

Plus legislative or administrative updates from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial (Mexico), EU Official Journal, and other official gazettes (including some AD/CVD)  from over 30 countries as well as the EU, EFTA, EAEU, plus 337 cases, CBP rulings (revocations and modifications), CBSA advance rulings, and CN Explanatory notes updates as well as updates to antidumping and countervailing duty investigations from the USA, Canada, EU, Australia, Brazil, China and India.


March 2017 International Trade Compliance Update

Welcome to the March 2017 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.Here are some highlights:

•WTO: Trade Facilitation Agreement, trade policy review, disputes
•WCO: Agenda for the 59th Harmonized System Committee meeting
•El Salvador rotates personnel
•Canada: European parliament approves EU-Canada Trade Agreement
•Mexico: New requirements for temporary importation of sensitive goods by IMMEX, NAFTA public consultation
•US: Executive Orders, USTR, GAO report on C-TPAT, COAC, revised policy on post-entry claims for preferential programs, HTS updated in AES, treasury adjusts civil penalties, OFAC updates Iranian medical device list, general license to deal with Russian FSB, BIS updates export compliance guidelines, BIS delays removal of certain nuclear non-proliferation controls, DDTC determination on CARC paints, CPSC statement on safety regulations, FDA and APHIS delay toxins rules
•Australia: Proposed expansion of N. Korean sanctions, tobacco duties increase, TPP action, new country of origin laws
•China: Suspension of N. Korean coal imports, State Council approves food and drug safety 5 year plan, China bans additional exports to N. Korea
•New Zealand: Publication of 2017 rules of origin for all FTAs
•Turkmenistan: New documentation requirement for duty free goods and temporary imports
•Vietnam: Potential new controls on physical and electronic import and export of software and software services, recent developments in trade and customs
•EU-EFTA: European parliament approves CETA, EFTA priorities, EU-Indonesia trade deal proposals, GSP adjustments, updates to national restrictive measures
•Switzerland: Federal Council tightens N. Korean sanctions
•United Kingdom: Export Control Order comes into force, expanded powers for customs officers, overseas territories asset freezing order
•Belarus: Customs cooperation agreement with Georgia, integration of customs systems with national e-portal
•Russia: Sanctions-related legislative initiative
•South Africa: 2017 Harmonized System

Plus regulations and legislation from many other countries and from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union, and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, 337 cases, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.


February 2017 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter

Welcome to the February 2017 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. Here are some highlights:

  • UN – Security Council extends Central African Republic sanctions
  • WTO – TRIPS amendment, TFA ratifications, dispute settlement
  • WCO – HS 2017, Rules of origin, Harmonized System Committee meetings
  • Central America – 2017 Central American Tariff
  • Canada – New food safety rules, CBSA trade compliance target areas
  • US – New executive orders, continuation of sanctions,  new sanctions for malicious cyber attacks, regulatory freeze and reform, GSP annual review, Paraguay TIFA, US-Mongolia transparency agreement, duty suspensions, 2017 HTS, steel monitoring, delayed effective dates for numerous regulations, ITDS/ACE,  drawback simplification, 9801.00.10 guidance, BIS actions and regulations, Schedule B (exports) issued, Sudan sanctions and licensing,  spacecraft controls
  • Argentina – expedited disposition of goods
  • Brazil – MERCOSUR adopts 2017 Common external Tariff
  • Venezuela – 2017 Customs Tariff based on MERCOSUR
  • China – Prohibits dual-use exports to N. Korea
  • India – 2017 import policy
  • Indonesia – New export regulations
  • Japan – 2017 Tariff Schedule
  • Malaysia – 2017 Tariff Schedule
  • Taiwan – 2017 Customs Import Tariff, amendments to Customs Act
  • EU/EFTA – TTIP progress, proposed market access for Sri Lanka, Ecuador joins EU-Colombia/Peru FTA, proposal to modernize EU-Turkey Customs Union, registered exporter system
    • UK – May sets out BREXIT objectives
  • EAEU – New Customs Code
  • Middle East/North Africa – New Algerian Finance Law

Plus regulations and legislation from many other countries and from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union, and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, 337 cases, CBSA Advance rulings section, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.


January 2017 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter

Welcome to the January 2017 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. Here are some highlights:

  • WTO: Ecuador’s import surcharge, TFA ratifications, Expanded ITA,  trade policy reviews, disputes, TBT notifications
  • WCO news
  • CITES notifications
  • Central America: Panama publishes 2017 Tariff Schedule
  • Canada: Canada-Ukraine FTA legislation, N. Korea sanctions, eManifest, 2017 Tariff
  • Mexico: Special border tariff extended
  • US: continuation of national emergencies, APEC Business  card, import restrictions, CBP business team, final determinations of origin in procurement cases, Lever Rule applications, rulings, CSMS messages, NNSA consultation rules, FinCEN measures, removal of Liberian sanctions, EAR revisions, ITAR revisions, commodity jurisdiction, restrictive measures from OFAC and State, other agencies implementing ITDS/ACE (CPSC, FDA), FDA qualified importer program, CITA determination
  • South America: resolutions from several countries
  • Australia: Expanded ITA legislation
  • China: MOFCOM and GAC notices
  • New Zealand: TPP legislation passed, testing of trade single window last stages, 2017 Tariff
  • Singapore: revocation of Liberian and Côte d’Ivoire sanctions
  • EU and EFTA: UK relations,  WCO ENs, revised AD/anti-subsidy rules proposes, Iceland ratifies TFA, UK ECO updates, Brexit decision from High Court
  • EAEU: legislation, classification decisions
  • South Africa: tariff and rules amendments

Plus regulations and legislation from many other countries and from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union, and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, 337 cases, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.


December 2016 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter

Welcome to the December 2016 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are some highlights:

  • WTO: Ecuador’s import surcharge, TFA ratifications, Expanded ITA, trade policy reviews, disputes, TBT notifications
  • WCO news
  • CITES notifications
  • Central America: Panama publishes 2017 Tariff Schedule
  • Canada: Canada-Ukraine FTA legislation, N. Korea sanctions, eManifest, 2017 Tariff
  • Mexico: Special border tariff extended
  • US: continuation of national emergencies, APEC Business card, import restrictions, CBP business team, final determinations of origin in procurement cases, Lever Rule applications, rulings, CSMS messages, NNSA consultation rules, FinCEN measures, removal of Liberian sanctions, EAR revisions, ITAR revisions, commodity jurisdiction, restrictive measures from OFAC and State, other agencies implementing ITDS/ACE (CPSC, FDA), FDA qualified importer program, CITA determination
  • South America: resolutions from several countries
  • Australia: Expanded ITA legislation
  • China: MOFCOM and GAC notices
  • New Zealand: TPP legislation passed, testing of trade single window last stages, 2017 Tariff
  • Singapore: revocation of Liberian and Côte d’Ivoire sanctions
  • EU and EFTA: UK relations, WCO ENs, revised AD/anti-subsidy rules proposes, Iceland ratifies TFA, UK ECO updates, Brexit decision from High Court
  • EAEU: legislation, classification decisions
  • South Africa: tariff and rules amendments

Plus regulations and legislation from many other countries and from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union, and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, 337 cases, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.


November 2016 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter

Welcome to the November 2016 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are some highlights:

  • WTO: Trade policy reviews, disputes
  • WCO: 2017 HS, Customs-Tax cooperation guidelines, 58th HS Committee
  • CITES: COP 17 outcomes
  • Canada: CETA signed, new entry requirements, 2017 HS changes to Customs Tariff
  • Mexico: New requirements to use FAST lanes, US-MX mechanism  to avoid double taxation of maquiladoras, steel duties increased
  • US: National emergencies extended, US-Cuba policies, Burma sanctions terminated, court case on marking duties, duty suspensions and reductions procedures, steel monitoring, ACE updates, liquidation notices, Global Entry, DOJ export control and sanctions voluntary self-disclosure policy, FinCEN Burma exceptions, OFAC guidance, BIS and OFAC Cuba-related expansions, EAR and ITAR updates, FTC Hobby Act, AD/CVD scope rulings
  • Venezuela: exoneration from VAT and Customs for mass transit projects
  • Australia: DIBP voluntary disclosure guidance
  • China: Launch of cooperation platform, end of aircraft tax exemptions
  • New Zealand: Wooden packaging clearance, consultation on pollutants and chemicals,  imports prohibition on asbestos
  • Philippines: Customs Modernization and Tariff Act, increase in de minimis
  • Singapore: SAFTA review  investigation
  • Gulf Coop. Council: Safeguards
  • EU and EFTA: 2017 CN, North Korean sanctions, Syrian conflict, SADC EPA
  • Norway: New advance rulings rules
  • Ukraine: Expansion of Russian sanctions
  • EAEU: EAEU-Vietnam FTA
  • Russia: Partial lifting of Turkish food embargo

Plus regulations and legislation from many other countries and from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union, and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, CBSA advance rulings, 337 cases, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.


October 2016 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter
Welcome to the October 2016 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are some highlights:

  • WTO: 2016 World Trade Report, trade policy reviews, recent disputes, DSB actions
  • Canada: TPP Impact report, guidance on imports/exports of nuclear items, rice exports to China
  • US: Emergency actions and sanctions, Burma/Myanmar GSP benefits and sanctions, ITC rules for tariff suspensions/reductions, DEA revises import/export rules, electronic EPA filings, ITDS/ACE updates, modernization of brokers’ exam, joint US-China IPR enforcement, launch of Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act webpage, ACE liquidation roll-out, forced labor, ITAR and EAR revisions, FCPA, energy labeling rules, FDA “healthy food” labeling guidance, ITA establishes EU-US Privacy Shield fee,  Ukraine and Moldova added to eligible procurement countries
  • Argentina: Reduced requirements for export benefits, removal of payment limitations, cargo weighing requirements, extended terms for currency settlements for exports
  • Chile: Customs Law bill
  • Colombia: Regulations issued under new Customs Code
  • Peru: Decree amends Customs regulations implementing 2015 Customs Law changes
  • Australia: Duty adjustments for tobacco and alcohol
  • Bangladesh: Ratifies Trade Facilitation Agreement
  • China: Safeguard investigation on sugar, ban on US beef lifted, expanded ITA takes effect, improvement in standards and quality of consumer goods, Zika rules, expansion of free trade zones
  • New Zealand: Requirement for origin data on exports to China
  • Singapore: Changes to Strategic Goods Control List and Brokering Order
  • Vietnam: Decree issued for preferential tariffs in 2016-2019 implementing free trade agreements
  • EU-wide: Burundi sanctions renewed, proposal to strengthen export controls on dual-use items, Union Customs Code updates, suspension of FARC sanctions, adoption of autonomous Al-Qaida sanctions, establishment of European Border and Coast Guard Agency, CN amendments
  • EEA: Marine equipment directive
  • Finland: regulation of e-cigarettes and nicotine liquids
  • UK: House of Lords report on Art. 50 (Brexit), European Commission sets up Brexit task force
  • Turkey: Draft changes to Cosmetics regulations and standards
  • Belarus: Internet portal for person goods imports/exports, fuel export restrictions abolished, public consultation on EAEU Customs Code
  • Russia: New phytosanitary controls at border
  • Bahrain: Ratification of Trade Facilitation Agreement

Plus regulations and legislation from many other countries and from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union, and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, CBP ruling revocations and modifications, 337 cases, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.


September 2016 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter
Welcome to the September 2016 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. Here are some highlights:

  • WTO – Russia to submit GPA offer; DSB update
  • WCO – Agenda for 58th Harmonized System Committee
  • Panama – Food safety standards
  • Canada – CETA envoy named
  • Mexico – US-Mexico joint inspections; Special Economic Zones (“ZEE”)
  • US – Nation emergency on export controls extended; GSP review; Notorious Markets; USTR seeks info on WTO commitments from China and Russia; ITC monitoring tool; ITC seeks info on APTA; import restrictions MOU extension proposed for Cyprus, Peru; CBP AD/CVD enforcement; ACE updates; increased administrative exemption amount; Burmese Jade regs. Revised; CBP proposes vehicle imports rule change; restrictions on imports of Syrian artifacts; CBP quarterly interest rate; “Lever Rule”; FTZ activities; EPA bans mercury exports; BIS to align TMP with IMMEX time limits; EAR and ITAR destination control statements harmonized; CPSC exempts certain toys from phthalate tests; new FDA rules on registration; Chinese Zika requirements from FAS; government procurement updates; Commerce modifies ADD price adjustment rule and proposes changes to normal value
  • Brazil – CAMEX Executive Secretariat moving to Foreign Affairs Ministry (“Itamaraty”)
  • Uruguay – Ratifies WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
  • Australia – Extends import ban to certain lever-action shotguns
  • China – Revamp of cross border e-commerce regime
  • Japan – Continues to suspend retaliatory duties against US
  • New Zealand – Guidelines for microbial ag. Chemical imports; e-cigarette consultation
  • EU – EU-Jordan origin rules relaxed to aid Syrian refugees; control of dual-use exports; e-cigarette regulations; UK surveys barriers in 7 overseas market; Iran nuclear sanctions; BIS merges with DECC – new DIT takes over export controls
  • Saudi Arabia – Foreign investment rules
  • Turkey – State of Emergency update
  • Ukraine – Central bank eases restrictions on export-import transactions

Senegal – Ratifies WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Plus regulations and legislation from many other countries and from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union, and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, CBP ruling revocations and modifications, 337 cases, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.


August 2016 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter
Welcome to the August 2016 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. Here are some highlights:

  • WTO: new members, disputes, new GPA portal, trade policy reviews, TBT notifications, TFA ratifications
  • WCO: new Kyoto party, 2016 Council Session
  • Canada: internal trade agreement, CETA quota consultations, expanded ITA implementation
  • US: expanded ITA implementation, national emergency extensions, new ACE rules
  • GSP review, government procurement, foreign trade barriers, digital working group, WTO case against China export duties, ITC reports, US/Vietnam shrimp agreement, Global Entry expansion, proposed NAFTA marking rule, ISF definition, TAA final determination, CBP webinars, new Jones Act enforcement unit, FTZ activities, HTS updates for AES, OFAC general license, DDTC company visits, revisions to CCL and USML, civil penalty adjustments, FTC warnings
  • Argentina: revised rules for mail and courier shipments
  • Colombia: FTAs
  • Australia: DIBP takes over Norfolk Is. Responsibilities
  • Japan: revision of Export Trade Control Order
  • Korea: FTA
  • New Zealand: export rules for exports to China, TPP consultation, low value imports, new excise rates
  • Vietnam: safeguard investigation
  • EU: EU/China Smart and Secure Trade Lanes expansion, TTIP documents, EU-Canada trade deal, new IP guidelines
  • Switzerland: Liberian sanctions lifted
  • UK: Joint Export Control Unit
  • Turkey: state of emergency
  • Jordan: safeguard investigation
  • Algeria: new investment code

Plus our regulatory updates from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union, and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, CBP ruling revocations and modifications, 337 cases, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.


July 2016 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter
Welcome to the July 2016 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update. Here are some highlights:

  • WTO: Afghanistan becomes member, UAE and Zambia Trade Policy reviews, DSB updates, new Government Procurement Agreement members
  • Canada: Arms Trade Treaty, Customs Act export amendments
  • USA: national emergencies extended, WTO extended Information Technology Agreement in effect, tariff changes, Green Goods update, ITC Chile-US FTA study, ITDS/ACE participation expands, Lever Rule application, government procurement origin determinations, civil monetary penalty adjustments, N. Korea money laundering finding, EAR and ITAR updates, FDA import accounts, FSIS electronic export certification, APHIS Lacey Act amendments, ADD price adjustments
  • Brazil: State Resolution dismisses tax assessments imposing ICMS on temporary imports of assets
  • China: ban on export of military goods to N. Korea
  • Europe: EFTA signs FTA with Georgia, new UCC courses, Brexit information, EU defence-related goods list, extension of Crimean sanctions, conflict minerals, lifting of Côte d’Ivoire sanctions, EU and SADC sign EPA, EU-EFTA standardisation package, implementation of WTO extended ITA agreement
  • Russia: to gradually lift Turkish sanctions, extension of food embargo

Plus our regulatory updates from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union, and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, CBP ruling revocations and modifications, 337 cases, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.


June 2016 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter
Welcome to the June 2016 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are some highlights:

  • UN: Liberian and Côte d’Ivoire sanctions terminated
  • WTO: annual report, trade policy review, recent dispute activity
  • WCO: revised data model released
  • Central America: Guatemala-Honduras Customs integration
  • Canada: US-Canada food safety recognition, wood exports to Australia, Belarus sanctions lifted, policy of FTA electronic certificates of origin
  • Mexico: Mexico-Canada AEO MRA, single window updates, Foreign Trade Rules and Tariff amendments
  • USA: lifting of Vietnam, Côte d’Ivoire and Sri Lanka arms embargo; national emergencies continued, legislation for Miscellaneous Tariff Bill procedures passed, sugar quotas and safeguard trigger levels, ITC report on TPP issued, ACE/ITDS updates, Burmese sanctions amended, oil export licenses removed, FDA food labeling, e-cigarettes subject to FDA rules, FSIS Siluriformes re-inspections, Commerce proposal to limit size of AD/CVD filings
  • South America: update from several countries
  • Australia: new imported food rules
  • China (including Hong Kong SAR): Hong Kong consultation on single trade window, new Chinese declaration requirements
  • New Zealand: TPP bill introduced in Parliament, proposed Customs & Excise Act amendments, consultation on proposed radiation safety regulations, FTA guides released, adjustment of HPA levy rates
  • Europe: revised EU North Korean sanctions, Union Customs Code (UCC) guidance, Tunisia FTA texts released, Swiss Côte d’Ivoire sanctions lifted, Swiss North Korean and Iran sanctions revised, UK Policing and Crime bill, EAEU updates
  • South Africa: tariff and rules revisions

Plus our regulatory updates from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union, and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, CBSA Advance Rulings, CBP ruling revocations and modifications, 337 cases, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.


May 2016 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter
Welcome to the May 2016 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are some highlights:

  • WTO: Nairobi update, ITA cuts, review of regional trade agreements, DSB and trade policy updates
  • WCO: new transfer pricing case study, 57th HSC results
  • Panama: new major Customs amendments
  • Canada: SIMA consultation, advance rulings
  • Mexico: implementation of Pacific Alliance agreement
  • United States: sanctions, Miscellaneous Tariff Bill procedures, Cultural Property legislation, AGOA petition process, ITC investigations, SOLAS Reg. VI/2, ACE pilots and updates, COAC news, boycott list, OFAC actions, BIS actions, FTC Hobby Act rules, FDA update, NMFS/NOAA trusted trader program, procurement
  • Brazil-Peru agreement
  • Colombia: new Customs Law
  • Australia: food country of origin labeling, export controls
  • China: new cross-border e-commerce policy
  • India: safeguards, changes in foreign investment rules
  • Korea: food safety registration
  • Vietnam: Law on Export and Import Duties, 2016
  • EU/EFTA: EEA joint decisions, iron and steel surveillance, Union Customs Code updates, retaliatory duties on US goods, TTIP update, sanctions, Common Military List revisions, AEO guidelines, CN revisions, (UK) Brexit articles, UK releases exporter information
  • EAEU decisions and updates, classification decisions
  • South Africa: safeguards, tariff revisions

Plus our regulatory updates from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union, and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, EU Classification Regulations, CBSA Advance Rulings, CBP ruling revocations and modifications, 337 cases, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.


April 2016 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter
Welcome to the April 2016 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are some highlights:

  • New Sanctions against North Korea (UN, US)
  • WTO – trade policy reviews; dispute updates
  • Canada – designated persons, halal labeling
  • USA – extensions of national emergencies, reinstatement of AGOA preferences for South Africa, trade preferences for Nepal, sugar TRQ, steel industry, USCG removes restrictions on vessel from Cuba, seafood import monitoring, ACE implemented fully for FDA, tuna TRQ, CBP rules on Cuban flights, extension of restrictions on imports from Colombia or archaeological and ethnological materials, withholding of CDSOA funds due to litigation, expansion of CEEs, increase in de minimis value, FinCEN actions, FTR amendments, removal of HEU Agreement control regulations, revision of Cuban assets controls and licensing, sanctions updates, removal of USDA COOL regulations, Commerce scope and anticircumvention rulings
  • Venezuela – extension to comply with alcoholic beverage labeling rules
  • Australia – ADD/CVD verification reporting, revision of Iran countermeasures
  • EU and EFTA – public consultation on EU-Turkey trade and economic relations, consultation on EU-Australia/New Zealand trade and economic relations, TTIP documents released, Union Customs Code, updates to GSP preferences, Switzerland strengthens controls on Tibetan antelope wool shawls

Plus our regulatory updates from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union, and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, EU Classification Regulations, CBSA Advance Rulings, 337 cases, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.


March 2016 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter
Welcome to the March 2016 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are some highlights:

  • Trans-Pacific Partnership, APEC environmental goods
  • Cuba-US commercial air service
  • Iran Sanctions updates from Canada, New Zealand
  • North Korean sanctions: US, Japan
  • Mexico: export list amended
  • US: Cuban vessels; Libyan sanctions; new Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act; US-Laos TIFA; GSP review; USTR requests Peru timber verification; EU-US data agreement; expansion of Global Entry to German citizens; domestic party petition on classification of steel tubing; ACE; USVI automation assessment; BIS Entity List; State/BIS USML/CCL proposed amendments; FTC challenge to “Made in USA” labels; Energy import certifications
  • ASEAN 2025
  • Australia: increase in tobacco duty rates
  • Japan: amends end-user list
  • South Korea: Gaesong (Kaesong) Industrial Complex shut down
  • New Zealand: New food import law
  • EU: Belarus sanctions; UK referendum on EU membership and new status for UK if it remains; possible new methodology for PRC ADD cases; IP implications of new Union Customs Code
  • EAEU: new decisions
  • South Africa: accepts Protocol amending WTO Trips Agreement

Plus our regulatory updates from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union, and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, EU Classification Regulations, CBSA Advance Rulings, 337 cases, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.


February 2016 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter
Welcome to the February 2016 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are some highlights:

  • Iran sanctions updates from US (several), Canada, Australia, EU, Germany, UK (several), Switzerland
  • UN – possible new sanctions against North Korea, exporters will be required to verify container weights for most water shipments
  • WTO – trade policy review and dispute updates
  • WCO – Agenda for upcoming 57th Harmonized System Committee meeting, revised HS correlation tables
  • TPP update
  • Canada – new export program
  • Mexico – lowers duties on environmental goods; 6th Amendment to the Foreign Trade Rules
  • US – continuation of national emergency, AGOA and GSP, government procurement, 2016 HTS, Australia FTA regulations, FCC removes Cuba from Exclusion List, Cuban update, latest boycott list, FTC jewelry guides
  • Australia – indexation of duties for excise-equivalent goods
  • Indonesia – MoT restores ability of manufacturers to import
  • Vietnam – Vietnam-Korea FTA
  • EU – Union Customs Code, EU-Ukraine Agreement
  • Switzerland – new rules on designating Switzerland as origin
  • UK – Updates to open general export licenses (OGELs)
  • Russia – Sanctions against Turkey
  • Algeria – New rules on liaison offices, 2016 Finance Law
  • Egypt – New registration requirement for certain finished goods exporters

Plus our regulatory updates from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union, and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, CBSA Advance Rulings, 337 cases, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.


January 2016 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter
Welcome to the January 2016 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are some highlights:

  • WTO Ministerial update, adoption of expanded ITA, COOL case arbitration report
  • WCO news
  • Canada: Single Window Initiative, TFA funding, Government reorganization
  • Mexico: Revision of prohibited import-export list
  • USA: new law prohibiting cosmetic microbeads; HTS revisions; Ex-Im Bank reauthorized; oil exports allowed, COOL repealed, CBP funded; Customs Authorization conference report; USTR report on China’s WTO compliance; USTR seeks comments on “green goods”; ACE updates from several agencies; Apparel, Footwear and Textile CEE responsibilities expanded; sanctions updates (new Cyber Sanctions regs., Russia/Ukraine, Burma, Cuba, Iran, Sudan); BIS penalties, crude petroleum licensing and Wassenaar update; State munitions list modifications; FSIS catfish inspections; government procurement – new TAA thresholds, DOD seeks comments on MOU with Japan, new WTO GPA countries
  • Argentina: new Government introduces major changes and relaxes some import, export and exchange control requirements
  • Australia: China-Australia FTA origin rules; prohibited imports; licence changes; import processing fees restructured
  • China: Tariff amendments
  • Korea: Korea-China FTA enters into force
  • New Zealand: Korea-NZ FTA tariff changes
  • Philippines: legislation regulating import, export and re-export of strategic goods
  • EU/EFTA: Union Customs Code detailed regulations and transitional rules issued; dual use list updated; EU-Vietnam FTA finalised
  • EAEU: EEC to create single Customs IPR registry; Russia issues list of banned Turkish products

Plus our regulatory updates from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, 337 cases, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.


December 2015 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter
Welcome to the December 2015 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are some highlights:

  • WTO – new members, disputes update
  • Other international matters – TTP, TTIP status reports
  • Canada – single window initiative
  • US – new Burundi sanctions; end of Liberian sanctions; renewals of national emergencies; notification of intent to sign TPP sent to Congress; USTR actions on AGOA, GSP; FTC labeling rules
  • US – USITC starts review of TPP; CAFC case on 337 jurisdiction; 2022 HS proposals; CBP finalizes bond regulations; FOIA revisions; OFAC general licenses; EAR amendments; sanctions updates
  • US – FDA foreign supplier and certification rules; DFARS update
  • Brazil – State VAT levies on imports; IPI on imports
  • Venezuela – VAT/customs duty exemptions
  • Australia – ADD reforms; DECO general licenses; new export control guidance; DIBP open consultation on customs licensing
  • Hong Kong – court case on accepting payments for “external” work
  • India – easement of retail foreign investment rules
  • New Zealand – new obligations for hazardous substances importers and manufacturers
  • EU – adoption of UCC; revision of public procurement thresholds; EU-Korea FTA; marking guidelines for West Bank, Golan Heights and East Jerusalem products; chemical import requirements; German export rules; (UK) transitional arrangements for withdrawal of “earlier sale” for Customs valuation under UCC;
  • Switzerland – new money laundering law
  • Russia – Sanctions against Turkey; possible move towards Customs/Tax administrations merger

Plus our regulatory updates from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, 337 cases, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.


November 2015 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter
Welcome to the November 2015 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are some highlights:

  • New Baker & McKenzie TPP Resource Center
  • WTO news, disputes, agreements
  • TPP agreement reached – links to text
  • TTIP – status of negotiations
  • Costa Rica – FTA guidelines for in-transit and transshipments
  • Canada – retroactive price adjustments, CFIA updates
  • Mexico – temporary steel tariff increases
  • U.S. – extension of emergency actions, JCPOA (Iran), AGOA, GSP, HTSA revision, NCAP, ITDS and ACE updates, ACS to ACE transition, end of 2006 softwood lumber agreement with Canada, final determination in TAA cases, sanctions, export reform, government procurement,
  • Argentina – new control system for signs and/or labels
  • Brazil – compliance program guidelines
  • Indonesia – new regulations on importing industrial finished goods, stimulus package
  • New Zealand – food import controls
  • Europe – EU releases 2016 Combined Nomenclature, reporting mechanism for illicit small arms trade, JCPOA implementation, sanctions, duty suspensions, Ukraine e-Commerce law,
  • EAEU legislation
  • Algeria – new code for public tenders, foreign investment
  • South Africa – tariff adjustments

Plus our regulatory updates from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, 337 cases, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.


October 2015 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter
Welcome to the October 2015 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are some highlights:

  • WTO: Trade Facilitation Agreement; Trade policy reviews, disputes
  • WCO 56th Harmonized System Committee
  • Trans-Pacific Partnership
  • US: National emergency extensions; various IPR programs; USITC “Green Goods” investigation; ACE tests; COAC and DTAG meetings; Cuban sanctions and export controls; other sanctions and export control programs; FDA administrative destruction; Lacey Act; government procurement
  • Brazil: Public consultations on FTAs with various countries
  • Japan: Export of caviar
  • Malaysia and Vietnam: New safeguards investigations
  • New Zealand: ASEAN-Australia-NZ FTA protocol; guidance on classification of gold, silver and platinum; FernMark; GST consultation
  • Singapore: Revision of Strategic Goods Control list, brokering and transhipment; combating terrorism financing
  • EU: EU-New Zealand FTA initialed; EU-Albania FTA amended; Ukraine sanctions; GSP rules for open mesh glass fibers; EU-Georgia FTA talks; UK guide to packaging requirements; Serious Fraud Office annual report
  • Ukraine: Removes auto safeguards; Russian sanctions
  • Eurasian Economic Union: Duties reduced on 4000 products
  • South Africa: Agreement with US on protocol to address agricultural issues

Plus our regulatory updates from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, 337 cases, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.


September 2015 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter
Welcome to the September 2015 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are some highlights:

  • Canada: General Export Permit 41 (Dual-use goods and technology to certain destinations); D-Memos and Customs Notices
  • Mexico: Third Amendment to Tax Rules –Impact on maquiladoras
  • USA: Continuation of Export Control Regulations; USTR seeks input on China’s and Russia’s WTO implementation; Curacao gets CBTPA benefits; USTR GSP, CBERA/CBTPA and AGOA reviews; Expanded USITC authority; other agencies test CBP’s ITDS/ACE Single Window; CBP tests Export Manifest; ACE updates; OFAC, State, BIS updates
  • New Zealand joins WTO Government Procurement Agreement
  • Australia: New country of origin regime for food labels; GST changes; TPP and biologics
  • Indonesia: amendment of import duties
  • Malaysia: List of ICT products subject to licensing
  • Iran sanctions updates from several countries
  • EAEU: Kyrgyzstan joins, Cambodia expresses interest in joining; domestic producers; medicine registration; Russian restrictions on EU and Turkish detergents and food imports

August 2015 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter
Welcome to the August 2015 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are some highlights:

  • WTO: Kazakhstan and Liberia accession updates, expanded ITA, Trade in services update, trade policy reviews, DSB activities
  • Iran negotiations and sanctions
  • Regional agreement negotiations: TPP, TTIP, RCEP, Pacific Alliance
  • Canada: expanded Israel FTA, Ukraine FTA
  • US: national emergencies extended, government procurement, GSP retroactive refunds, additional agencies test ITDS single window, AES updates to HTS, OFAC Crimea advisory, OFAC Venezuelan sanctions, Ukraine general licenses, BIS entity list, Cuba’s removal from State Sponsor of Terrorism list, EAR amendments
  • Brazil: increase in import taxes
  • Australia: trusted trader test, merger of Customs and Immigration, Australia-China FTA, GST to cover digital products
  • New Zealand: import controls on e-cigarettes, firearms exports
  • Thailand: imports for pharma trials
  • Vietnam: draft exceptions to import ban on used IT products
  • Europe: EU adoption of delegated act to implement new Union Customs Code, public consultation on dual-use export policy, consultation on update of EU-Mexico FTA, EU-Ukraine talks, Netherlands “human rights” export policy, Poland’s new parallel trade in medicinals policy, Switzerland-US MRA on organic standards, new UK tariff classification advice system, report on export licensing to Israel
  • Eurasian Economic Union: decisions, orders, recommendations, classification decisions
  • Africa, South African updates, Namibia to implement advance ruling system for origin and tariff classification

Plus much more. Add the usual language but please note there are no European Classification regulations or Explanatory notes to the CN. There are however CBSA rulings.


July 2015 International Trade Compliance Update Newsletter
Welcome to the July 2015 edition of Baker & McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.

Here are some highlights:

  • WTO: US-COOL dispute, Kazakhstan’s accession package, negotiations on GPA, TFA, disputes, trade policy reviews
  • WCO: new HS contracting parties, results of 55th HSC session
  • Canada: Ukraine/Russia update, COOL, CBSA advance rulings posted
  • US: national emergency extensions, trade legislation enacted, Cuba removed as State Sponsor of Terrorism, USTR updates, CBP to provide export assistance in classification and valuation issues, ACE updates, expansion of CEE post-release processes, C-TPAT for exporters, Iran update, BIS and State revisions, FDA qualified importer program, TRQ and safeguard trigger levels, Commerce AD/CVD scope rulings
  • Brazil: false origin investigations, temporary tariff reductions
  • Asia-Pacific: China-Australia FTA, new www.border.gov.au website, EU-China Mutual Recognition Agreement, China-S. Korea FTA; changes to New Zealand import levies for alcohol, biosecurity, and motor spirits; revisions to New Zealand’s AD/CVD regime, increase in New Zealand penalties for “objectionable publications,” ban of waste tyre exports to China and Vietnam; Thailand’s control on exports of dual-use items
  • Europe (EU and EFTA): EU China MRA, EFTA-Central America FTA update, Japan-EU JCCC, EU imposes additional measures on Yemen, EEA plant protection package, CN explanatory notes update, UK guidance on Iran
  • Eurasian Economic Union: Board and Council decisions, orders and recommendations
  • Africa: South African rules amendments and tariff updates, Morocco safeguards on paper
  • Trade compliance enforcement actions, newsletters and client alerts, webinars, seminars

Plus our regulatory updates from the Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Diario Oficial de la Federación, Official Journal of the EU, Eurasian Economic Union and other official gazettes. We are also including WTO TBT updates, 337 cases, antidumping and countervailing duty updates from US, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, China, Australia, EU, and India.