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Import/Export
140 published works
Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
Government Blocks Companies from Importing and Selling Children’s Products after Alleged Non-Compliance with Product Safety Laws
By Cheryl A. Falvey, Matthew Cohen
[caption id="attachment_2499" align="alignright" width="227"] © Getty Images[/caption] The U.S. Department of Justice and Consumer Product Safety Commission recently announced that they had entered into consent decrees with three New York-based…
Canada-U.S. Blog
It’s All About Compliance – Part 1 – Value
By Su Ross
This Alert is one in an occasional series of articles providing tips about various topics which arise routinely with import and export transactions. These tips are published with the intention…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Issues Presidential Permit and NGA Section 3 Authorization to Comanche Trail for San Elizario Crossing Project
On May 19, 2016, FERC granted Comanche Trail Pipeline, LLC’s (“Comanche Trail”) request for a Presidential Permit and authorization pursuant to section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (“NGA”) and…
China Law Insight
揭开新版报关单“面纱”：3个必填新增审价项目该选Yes or No
By King & Wood
作者：海关与贸易合规团队 2016年3月，传闻已久的新版进出口货物报关单终于揭开了它那层神秘的面纱，接踵而来的就是从各个行业界传出的各种议论和吐槽之声。其中，特别是围绕涉及海关审价问题的3个必填新增申报项目: “特殊关系确认”、“价格影响确认”以及“支付特许权使用费确认”的争论尤为热烈和引人注目。仅以本所海关与贸易合规团队为例，在海关总署公告2016年第20号（关于修订《中华人民共和国海关进出口货物报关单填制规范》的公告）于3月24日正式发布以来的短短一周之内，我们就陆续接到了10多家进出口企业针对上述3个项目的填写方法以及可能引发的潜在法律风险等提出的问询。在此，我们挑选了一些典型问题摘录与您分享。 原文阅读，请点击此处。
Canada-U.S. Blog
The More Things Change – The More They Stay The Same
By Su Ross
Originally published by the Journal of Commerce in January 2016 In writing this article, it was interesting to look back and see whether the old crystal ball was accurate in…
DuetsBlog
The Other Border Patrol
With all the flaming rhetoric going on these days relating to immigration, refugees, and border fences, I thought now might be a good time to introduce (or reintroduce) the world…
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
Attention Food Importers: New FDA Final Rule on Foreign Supplier Verification Programs
By Ilana R. Morady On November 13, 2015, the FDA finalized its rule on Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) for Importers of Food for Humans and Animals. The rule is…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Extraordinary tales of extraordinary government dsyfunctionality in execution business
Main October 25, 2015Extraordinary tales of extraordinary government dsyfunctionality in execution businessIn this recent post I spotlighted the remarkable reporting by BuzzFeed News about the peculiar fellow in India who…
Immigration
Sorry Johnny Depp, Animal Quarantine Laws Exist for a Reason
Depending on where you are in the world, you may have heard about the kerfuffle around Johnny Depp’s dogs in Australia. The lesson learned? Even movie stars need to be…
Focus on Regulation
Court Finds Potential Personal Liability for a Company’s Import Violations
By Craig Lewis, Chandri Navarro, Jonathan Stoel, Lewis Leibowitz, Wes Carrington
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled in a new en banc decision that individuals employed by importers, or corporations that are not the "importer of…