On October 8, 2021, the International Trade Administration (“ITA”) published a request for comments on any subsidies, including stumpage subsidies, provided by certain countries exporting softwood lumber or softwood lumber products to the United States during the period January 1, 2021, through June 30, 2021. The request is limited to subsidies provided by countries that had exports accounting for at least one percent of total US imports of softwood lumber by quantity, as classified under…
Baker McKenzie’s Global Supply Chain Compliance Blog published “Biden Administration Supply Chain Reports Deeper Dive #4: Unfair Trade Practices and the Trade Strike Force,” which can be viewed here.
Baker McKenzie’s Global Compliance News Blog published “United States, China: Recent US Developments Demonstrate Increasing Xinjiang-Related Trade Compliance Risks,” which can be viewed here.
Baker McKenzie’s Global Compliance News Blog published “Multijurisdictional: 2021 Virtual Global Trade Conference,” which can be viewed here.
Baker McKenzie’s Global Supply Chain Compliance Blog published “Recent US Developments Demonstrate Increasing Xinjiang-Related Trade Compliance Risks,” which can be viewed here.
On 5 April 2021, the US Court of International Trade (Court) issued a significant ruling that overturns a portion of the Section 232 tariffs imposed by President Trump under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. §1862). The decision affects the duties imposed on US imports of steel and aluminum “derivative” products but not the more general steel and aluminum tariffs. The Court found that President Trump missed the statutory deadline…
A hallmark of the Trump Administration trade policy is imposing tariffs — duties under Section 201 (safeguards), Section 232 (national security), and Section 301 (currently against China for intellectual property practices). For many companies, an integral component of supply chain management has included securing exclusions from these tariffs to avoid crushing duties that sideline downstream projects and value chains. But what happens if an exclusion vanishes without process or fair warning? The Administration has abruptly…