Baker McKenzie’s Global Compliance News Blog published “Vietnam: Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity,” which can be viewed here.
Baker McKenzie’s Global Compliance News Blog published “Africa and United States: Increased engagement regarding trade creating opportunities in the African free trade area,” which can be viewed here.
Baker McKenzie’s International Commercial & Trade Blog published “Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP),” which can be viewed here.
Baker McKenzie’s Global Compliance News Blog published “United Kingdom & Vietnam: New circular to implement the UK-Vietnam FTA’s rules of origin,” which can be viewed here.
USMCA Implementing Regulations On July 6, 2021, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published in the Federal Register the notice for the USMCA Implementing Regulations Related to the Marking Rules, Tariff-rate Quotas, and Other USMCA Provisions interim final rule. The interim rule is effective July 1, 2021. The rule amends CBP regulations to include implementing regulations for the preferential tariff treatment and related customs provisions of the…
Baker McKenzie’s InsightPlus published “Peru: Tariff preferences procedure between Peru and the United Kingdom is approved,” which can be viewed here.
Baker McKenzie’s Global Compliance News Blog published “United Kingdom & Vietnam: New circular to implement the UK-Vietnam FTA’s rules of origin,” which can be viewed here.
On 15 June 2021, the UK Government announced that the UK has secured a trade deal with Australia eliminating tariffs on all UK goods and boosting jobs and businesses across the country, in the first major trade deal negotiated from scratch by the Government since the UK left the EU. The announcement said that the main elements of the deal were agreed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at a…
On June 11, 2021, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice announcing that the Parties to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) intend to hold the first meeting of the Labor Council virtually, on June 29, 2021. The session will include a government-to-government Labor Council meeting and a virtual public session on implementation of the USMCA labor chapter. The USTR and the US Department of Labor (DOL)…
On 2 June 2021, the UK government announced that the CPTPP nations had agreed to the UK’s bid to begin the accession process to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The CPTPP is a trade agreement between 11 countries (Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam), covering 500 million people. The announcement said the UK will continue to work closely with Japan, as this year’s…