Top Stories: Customs Facilitation?
AAEI Assured Companion to Cassidy Enforcement Bill Coming December 27, 2023 – Sen. Bill Cassidy introduced his long-awaited Customs Modernization legislation (S.3431) this month, which he says will update U.S. customs law. The bill does not include any of the trade facilitation measures that his office sought and received from AAEI and the U.S. trade […]
Top Stories: Customs Modernization
Senators Introduce Customs Modernization Legislation December 20, 2023 – Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced a long-awaited Customs Modernization bill this week. It includes provisions for intellectual property violations, investigation of detained de minimis packages, and the government’s use of advanced trade data as an enforcement tool. AAEI members worked with […]
Top Stories: Target on Deforestation
New Bill Targets Imports Tied to Illegal Deforestation December 13, 2023 – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced the Fostering Overseas Rule of Law and Environmentally Sound Trade (FOREST) Act yesterday, which is intended to stop imports of products created through illegal deforestation. The lawmakers, including Sens. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Mike Braun (R-IN) […]
Top Stories: Securing Supply Chains
Biden Administration Announces Supply Chain Resiliency Plan President Biden unveiled a comprehensive plan during the White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience launch, incorporating recommendations from AAEI for enhanced data-sharing among shippers, carriers, ports, and government entities. AAEI has advocated for data sharing improvements for more than two years and submitted five pages of recommendations to the […]
Top Stories: Green Customs
Green Trade a Top Issue at WCO’s PSCG Meeting AAEI participated in last week’s Private Sector Consultative Group meeting in Brussels, where Green Trade and Green Customs were top issues on the agenda.Donna Thresher, of C.H. Robinson, who co-chairs AAEI’s Export and Global Trade Compliance Committee, represented AAEI at the meeting. Donna reports that other […]
Top Stories: IPEF Trade Talks Postponed
IPEF Negotiations Delayed to 2024 The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) negotiations will reportedly not be completed this week. Australia’s Minister of Trade, Don Farrell, states that negotiations will be pushed to 2024 due to concerns on digital trade, labor standards, and environmental protection as well as domestic political concerns in the U.S. Read […]
Top Stories: Lawmakers Target Pollution
Senators Introduce Foreign Pollution Fee Act Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced the Foreign Pollution Fee Act last Thursday. The bill proposes a pollution fee on specified energy and industrial imports, including products like crude oil, iron/steel, natural gas, plastics, and minerals. The fee is to be […]
Top Stories: Minimizing AI Risks
Biden Signs Executive Order to Minimize AI Risks U.S. President Joe Biden signed a new executive order on Monday aiming to minimize the risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) to consumers, workers, minority groups, and national security. The order mandates developers of AI systems with potential national security, economic, public health, or safety risks to […]
Top Stories: Forced Labor in Seafood?
Lawmakers Urge DHS to Strengthen Forced Labor Enforcement in Seafood Supply Chains Bipartisan lawmakers Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Sen. Jeffrey A. Merkley (D-OR) sent a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday expressing their concerns about forced labor and human rights abuses in China’s seafood industry. The letter was prompted by research from […]
Top Stories: U.S. Halts Chip Shipments
White House Halts Advanced AI Chip Shipments to China The Biden Administration announced measures this week to halt shipments of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China, including chips designed by Nvidia. These regulations, effective in 30 days, aim to prevent China from acquiring cutting-edge U.S. technologies that could enhance its military capabilities. The rules […]
