CBP named Daniel Mercado the port director for Presidio, and he was sworn in on June 22. Mercado has a long tenure with CBP and was most recently liaison to the State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
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Noah Garfinkel, Assistant Editor, is a reporter for International Trade Today. Noah joined Warren Communication News in early 2023 covering customs, the Federal Maritime Commission and export controls. Noah’s background is in breaking news, reporting and research. Noah most recently worked for a year with Axios as a part of a fellowship program. Noah is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a B.A. in History.
Members of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party met June 20 in Detroit with the CEOs of Ford and General Motors as well as leading automotive suppliers to discuss their reliance on China in their supply chains.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A one-government release for imports from all agencies that regulate trade is something that likely will be developed over "the next five to 10 years and implemented potentially in that time frame and beyond," Tom Gould of Flexport said at the American Association of Exporters and Importers annual conference June 21.
CBP released its June 21 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 57, No. 24), which includes the following ruling action:
It is incumbent upon "all companies to conduct more rigorous due diligence," to make sure they are in compliance with laws prohibiting forced labor, a new brief from Sheffield Hallam University said on June 19. "Know Your Supply Chains: Desk-Based Research Strategies to Identify Uyghur Region Exposure," part of a series of briefs, focuses on strategies companies can employ to discover whether or not they are using suppliers from the Uyghur region of China.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Customs brokers need more training before they get put in the difficult situation of having to determine whether their client may have committed fraud for the purposes of broker separation provisions of CBP's recent Part 111 rewrite, trade consultant Cindy DeLeon said during a panel discussion June 20.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is seeking comments for the North American Competitiveness Committee, it said in a Federal Register notice. The focus areas include "expanding trilateral cooperation" on North American Workforce development issues, "establishing mechanisms for cooperation during emergency situations that affect North American trade flows, including by establishing a joint understanding of critical infrastructure priorities in North America," and any other "additional workstreams," USTR said. Comments are due July 17.