The U.S. is trying to negotiate with Canada and Mexico on auto rules of origin details, rather than complying with a dispute settlement panel decision that originating supercore parts are considered 100% North American as you calculate the vehicle regional value content, according to the leader of the trade group that represents Detroit's Big Three automakers.
"Activity" is "on the horizon" related to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List, Lesleyanne Kessler, CBP’s deputy associate chief counsel, said at an event on June 13. Following the recent addition of new companies to the list for the first time since the list was released in June 2022 (see 2306090011), Kessler said she expects the process for an interagency task force to add companies or remove them from the list "will be moving ahead in the coming year."
A recently introduced bill would end Chinese and Russian shippers' eligibility for de minimis, and would order the Treasury Department to determine, within 180 days, what rates the other countries deserve for de minimis, based on both their own de minimis treatment of U.S. shipments and their threshold to collect a value-added tax, if they have one.
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A spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce said the U.S. should immediately halt its political manipulation and smear attacks in response to the recent U.S. listing of two Chinese companies and their subsidiaries under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, according to an unofficial translation. The U.S. added Ninestar and Xinjiang Zhongtai Chemical for working with the Xinjiang government to "recruit, transport, transfer, harbor or receive forced labor or Uyghurs” and other persecuted groups (see 2306090011). The Commerce Ministry spokesperson said that there is no forced labor in Xinjiang and that China will take the necessary steps to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies.
DHS will add two companies, as well as eight subsidiaries of one of those companies, to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List, according to a pre-publication notice released June 9.
DHS will add two companies, as well as eight subsidiaries of one of those companies, to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List, according to a pre-publication notice released June 9.
Once CBP submits its proposal for a new customs modernization law, National Foreign Trade Council Senior Director of International Supply Chain Policy John Pickel says, Congress will dig into how they want to shape the bill. It’s not an easy task to produce a bill with a balance between enforcement and trade facilitation, but that’s Congress’ intention, he said.
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CBP identified 3,605 shipments valued at $816.5 million for "forced labor concerns" in FY 2022, including "1,592 shipments valued at nearly $500 million" identified under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), the agency said in its Trade and Travel Report for the fiscal year. The report, which was released on June 1, CBP enforced 54 active withhold release orders and nine active findings, which includes six withhold resale orders and two new findings issued this year, the agency said