White House Launches National Export Initiative

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN TRANSSHIPMENT PROBES CAN BE EXPECTED BY IMPORTERS OF GOODS COVERED BY ANTIDUMPING ORDERS

TRANSPORTATION

Pros & Cons of "Slow Steaming"

pro - Slow Trip Across Sea Aids Profit and Environment

con - Shippers Rocked and Rolled

With negotiations nearing, shippers and carriers consider 2009’s tough lessons in their 2010 strategies

Five Carriers to Launch Vessel Agreement

WORLD TRADE

Priority Trade Issues

Over half of the merchandise for sale in U.S. markets comes from abroad. In 2007 the total value of all imports into the U.S. was more than $2 trillion. For CBP, whose mission is to prevent terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the U.S. —while facilitating the flow of legitimate trade and travel—processing these imports meant handling 22 million entry summaries with over 102 million lines, and collecting $32 billion in revenues. more...

Trade Preferences and MTB Strategy Taking Shape

Congress may act soon on a very limited Miscellaneous Trade Bill, to alleviate problems created when many of the duty suspensions expired on December 31.

PRODUCT SAFETY DUTY REFUND OPPORTUNITY
January 28, 2010 By: Alan R. Klestadt Frances P. Hadfield

In 2009, the U.S. Court of International Trade issued a decision in Volkswagen v. United States, 540 F.3d 1324 (CIT 2009) that may provide duty recovery opportunities for importers of merchandise found not to meet government mandated safety standards. more...

CPSC Extend Enforcement on Testing

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