MEMO TO CLIENTS ISSUE 22-015 – November 30, 2022

President Biden Requests Congressional Pressure to Resolve Potential Rail Strike The votes on the union ratification of the proposed contract with the railroads have been submitted.  8 of the 12 unions ratified the contracts and 4 rejected the contract. This has set up a potential strike after December 9, 2022, which is when the cooling off period ends. President Biden …

MEMO TO CLIENTS ISSUE 22-014 – November 22, 2022

Reminder:  USTR is Looking for Comments on Effects of 301 duty The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is looking for comments on the impact of China 301 duties. They are looking for comments on the following questions:  Has there been any effectiveness on changing China’s polices and what are the effects on U.S. businesses?  Have they affected your …

Special Memo – November 3, 2022

UFLPA Region Notice for MID’s In a Memo to Clients earlier this week, we wrote about U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s new instructions about adding a postal code to MID’s from sources in China. The deployment has been indefinitely postponed, but CBP has issued an alert to explain why this new requirement is being initiated. This notice can be found …