April 2, 2020: Decision to defer duties rests with White House Reporting this week from Bloomberg and other outlets indicates that following CBP’s short-lived, ad hoc approach that allowed importers to email the…
We recently contributed to this roundup on COVID-19 and global trade by our friends and partners at Kansas Global Trade Services. It’s full of helpful insights and advice for companies on how to…
Our Partners at Hellmann Worldwide Logistics are managing a country-by-country Global Operations update site. Let’s talk about your lanes and how we can help. https://www.hellmann-journal.com/corona-crisis-global-operations
March 21, 2020 Dear Valued Clients and Partners, I hope this finds you and your loved ones well and making the best of our unusual situation. A few hours ago, Kansas City Mayor…
March 18, 2020 Dear valued clients and partners, We are sure that you are following the developments of the COVID-19 pandemic as closely as we are. The current events are very concerning, and…
As of March 16, 2020, Canada has communicated an escalation of efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). These additional precautions by the Canadian Government include the closure of borders to…
As the implications of the coronavirus continue to grow in complexity and effect, it is impacting production and trade in China significantly. Ocean carriers have increased their cancelled sailings from China to worldwide…
Following the President’s announcement on August 1st of additional duties on the fourth and remaining list of HTS numbers totaling $300 billion in imports from China, the Federal Register on Thursday published and…
UPDATE – THURSDAY, AUGUST 15TH – Today the USTR has provided the language for what will be published in the Federal Register most likely tomorrow on what merchandise will be subject to…
The past several days have seen demonstrations at Hong Kong Airport leading to two days of flight cancellations for passenger operations. We can report that after speaking with our office in Hong Kong…
