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 Kingdom: New subsidy control regime,” which can be viewed here.
Following the successful launch of our inaugural virtual Annual Compliance Conference in 2020, we will return this year in a virtual format to deliver our cutting-edge insights and guidance on key global compliance issues, as businesses and enforcement agencies transition to a new post-pandemic global compliance and investigations landscape across five weeks from 6 September – 8 October. Our global experts will be providing practical insights and analysis on significant developments across: anti-bribery and corruption;…
Baker McKenzie’s InsightPlus published “Myanmar: Myanmar introduces anti-dumping law effective from 1 July 2021,” which can be viewed here.
Baker McKenzie’s InsightPlus published “Vietnam: Early warning – Potential anti-dumping investigation against office desks, chairs and their parts originating from China and Malaysia,” which can be viewed here.
In a Joint Statement with the UK, on June 17, 2021, the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced, that: The United States and the United Kingdom [today] reached an understanding to resolve a long-standing trade irritant relating to large civil aircraft. This development strengthens our special relationship and builds on the revitalized Atlantic Charter, which affirms our ongoing commitment to sustaining and defending our enduring values against new and old challenges. The framework provides that the…
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…
On June 15, 2021, the White House announced that the US and European Union (EU) have reached an agreement in the 16-year WTO Boeing-Airbus dispute and agreed to address shared challenges from China. The US and EU will suspend tariffs that were authorized by the WTO that are related to this dispute for five years and work together to challenge and counter China’s non-market practices in this sector in specific ways that reflect standards for fair competition. This includes collaboration on inward…
On June 8, 2021, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published in the Federal Register a notice [Docket No. USCBP-2021-0020] that the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) will hold its quarterly meeting on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 from 1-5 p.m. (EDT) . The meeting will be open to the public via webinar only. There is no on-site, in-person option for this quarterly meeting. Public comments are welcome. The COAC will hear from the current…
On June 2, 2021, United States Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai announced the conclusion of the one-year Section 301 investigations of Digital Service Taxes (DSTs) adopted by Austria, India, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. The final determination in those investigations is to impose additional tariffs of 25% on certain goods (specified in Annex A to each notice) from these countries, while suspending the tariffs for up to 180 days to provide additional time…