Ian Cohen

3 weeks ago | internationaltradetoday.com | Ian Cohen |Oren Dennett

If your job depends on informed compliance, you need International Trade Today. Delivered every business day and available any time online, only International Trade Today helps you stay current on the increasingly complex international trade regulatory environment. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will match Trump’s previously announced 25% auto tariffs with its own 25% duty on imported cars that aren’t compliant with USMCA, according to multiple reports.

1 month ago | internationaltradetoday.com | Ian Cohen

The agency is “actively working to issue” them “in the near future,” said one official, speaking on the condition of anonymity as part of a policy for career officials at the BIS annual update conference last week. The official said BIS doesn’t yet have a “timeline,” but said they will look similar to the authorizations the agency previewed in its connected vehicle proposed rule last year (see 2409220001).

1 month ago | internationaltradetoday.com | Jacob Kopnick |Ian Cohen

Lawrence Friedman, partner at Barnes Richardson, said the intent of the order seems to be to "shield agency action on tariffs and export controls from review under the APA." Friedman explained that the APA has an exception for review of agency decisions involving "foreign affairs functions," though he said the "threshold question" is whether the State Department's notice has any legal effect.

2 months ago | internationaltradetoday.com | Mara Lee |Joanna Marsh |Ian Cohen

Trump acknowledged that far more fentanyl comes from Mexico than Canada, and that border crossings on the Southern border have fallen sharply, but said, "we've done that ourselves."Trump said the 25% tariffs he plans will not affect all goods equally -- he said that he thinks he'll impose 10% tariffs on Canadian crude. The additional 10% tariffs on Chinese goods will be on top of existing tariffs on those imports, he said.

Jan 8, 2025 | exportcompliancedaily.com | Ian Cohen

The proposal, which is accepting public comments through March 14, is part of a broader, yearslong process by CBP to also require electronic submissions for exports traveling by ocean, air and truck (see 2406250070).