CBP extended its travel restrictions on the northern and southern borders through April 21, it said in two notices. The travel bans do not apply to cargo, and exempt crossing the border from Canada or Mexico to work in the U.S.
Central American ambassadors and the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration asked an audience to rediscover the region as a source of trusted supply chain partners and a way to achieve quicker deliveries with a lower carbon footprint.
Three U.S. dairy groups told the Canadian government in a March 5 letter that they welcome that nation's move to update its tariff rate quotas to “ensure that access to Canada’s dairy market is as close as possible to the market shares that would be expected in the absence of TRQ restrictions.”
Argentina will soon impose new requirements on certain imported LED lamps, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council reported March 5. The requirements, which include technical and energy efficiency requirements, will apply to lamps used for “general lighting purposes,” with several exceptions, HKTDC said. The country will impose “conformity certification requirements” to show the lamps meet Argentinian standards, which take effect March 5. Importers will have to begin showing proof by July 3 that they began the certification process.