Presidential Document 18 Feb 2025 steel, national security, tariffs, trade agreements, u.s. imports

🏗️Adjusting Steel Imports

This proclamation addresses adjustments in the importation of steel articles into the United States, citing national security concerns and the need to protect domestic steel production. It outlines the enforcement of tariffs on steel imports from various nations, emphasizing the detrimental effects of increased imports on U.S. national security and industry performance.

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Notice 12 Feb 2025 commerce, antidumping, trade agreements, lemon juice, argentinian trade

🍋Rescission of Antidumping Duty Reviews on Lemon Juice

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative reviews of the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on Lemon Juice from Argentina (2016 Agreement) for the periods of review (PORs) from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023, and from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024. On January 17, 2025, Commerce finalized an amendment to the 2016 Agreement, rendering the administrative reviews of the pre-existing 2016 Amendment moot.

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Regulatory Compliance, Trade Agreements 23 Jan 2025 federal maritime commission, logistics, shipping agreements, trade agreements, cosco, cma cgm
Compliance, Trade Regulations 21 Jan 2025 imports, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, business compliance, trade regulations, tariffs, freight, exports, trade agreements, bonds, low-value shipments, customs

📦New Rules on Low-Value Shipments Affecting Trade Compliance

This document proposes amendments to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations pertaining to the administrative exemption for certain low-value shipments not exceeding $800. Specifically, CBP proposes to make merchandise that is subject to specified trade or national security actions ineligible for this administrative exemption and to require that certain shipments claiming this exemption provide the 10-digit Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) classification of the merchandise.

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Compliance Requirements, Trade Agreements 17 Jan 2025 compliance, motor carriers, imports, administrative practice and procedure, accounting, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, penalties, claims, freight, harbors, vessels, exports, mexico, trade agreements, laboratories, automotive, recordkeeping, surety bonds, canada, warehouses, bonds, common carriers, international boundaries, railroads, customs regulations, taxes, usmca, textile

📜Compliance and Trade Implications for USMCA Textile and Automotive Industries

This interim final rule amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to add implementing regulations for the preferential tariff treatment and related customs provisions of the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) with respect to general definitions, drawback and duty-deferral programs, textile and apparel goods, and automotive goods. This document also amends the regulations to implement the temporary admission of goods, to delineate recordkeeping and protest requirements, to clarify the fee provisions, and to make conforming amendments, including technical corrections to other laws as required by statute.

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Compliance, Regulatory Changes 14 Jan 2025 compliance, imports, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, postal service, freight, harbors, vessels, exports, e-commerce, trade agreements, import, organization and functions (government agencies), bonds, seals and insignia, customs regulations, lotteries, low-value shipments, duty-free entry

📦New Regulations for Low-Value Shipments

This document proposes amendments to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations pertaining to the entry of certain low-value shipments not exceeding $800 that are eligible for an administrative exemption from duty and tax. Specifically, CBP proposes to create a new process for entering low-value shipments, allowing CBP to target high-risk shipments more effectively, including those containing synthetic opioids such as illicit fentanyl. This document also proposes to revise the current process for entering low-value shipments to require additional data elements that would assist CBP in verifying eligibility for duty- and tax-free entry of low-value shipments and bona-fide gifts.

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Regulatory Requirements, Business Incentive Programs 14 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, pharmaceuticals, foreign-trade zones, trade agreements, new jersey, merck
Regulations, Compliance 10 Jan 2025 agriculture, government contracts, transportation, government procurement, customs duties and inspection, imports, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, motor vehicle safety, employment, aliens, intergovernmental relations, penalties, law enforcement, motor vehicles, immigration, investigations, housing, business regulations, whistleblowing, health, airmen, civil penalties, trade agreements, inflation adjustments, insurance, department of labor, surety bonds, employee benefit plans, health insurance, construction industry, labor, monetary penalties, housing standards, wages, watches and jewelry, black lung benefits, indians-arts and crafts, labor management relations, lie detector tests, minimum wages, migrant labor, child labor, labor compliance, longshore and harbor workers, mine safety and health, homeworkers, miners, mines, teachers, maternal and child health, workers' compensation, occupational safety and health, clothing

💼2025 Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment - Labor Impact

The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) is publishing this final rule to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by the Department, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act). The Inflation Adjustment Act requires the Department to annually adjust its civil money penalty levels for inflation no later than January 15 of each year. The Inflation Adjustment Act provides that agencies shall adjust civil monetary penalties notwithstanding section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Additionally, the Inflation Adjustment Act provides a cost- of-living formula for adjustment of the civil penalties. Accordingly, this final rule sets forth the Department's 2025 annual adjustments for inflation to its civil monetary penalties.

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Compliance, New Trade Agreements 2 Jan 2025 federal maritime commission, logistics, network shipping, maersk, shipping act, space charter, trade agreements