This is a Cross-post from The Trade Practitioner blog. Please contact Ludmilla Kasulke with any questions. Despite the Congressional recess and continued focus on COVID-19 economic relief, Trump officials announced several major trade actions over the last week that could impact global trade and supply chains. Here is a quick round-up of recent developments and what … Continue Reading
The following is a guest post from Ludmilla Savelieff providing highlights from the ABA Section on International Law’s recent event on the government’s initiatives to combat forced labor practices. Ludmilla is based in our Washington D.C. office and specializea in advising on complex regulatory, legislative and legal issues in both the domestic and international sphere. ABA … Continue Reading
A few posts ago, we posted an article on H.R. 644, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015. As predicted, President Obama signed the Act into law last week, which gave us an opportunity to talk with Rebekah Mintzer of Corporate Counsel Magazine on an article about the Act that she was working on.… Continue Reading
Any day, President Obama is expected to sign into law H.B. 644, also called the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 – an act that may have far-reaching impacts on U.S. companies that use foreign suppliers. The Act allows the government to confiscate or turn away items being imported that it reasonably suspects were … Continue Reading
