Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Feb. 26. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
Notable CROSS rulings
The State Department Advisory Committee on Private International Law Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Study Group will hold a public meeting on March 14 in Washington D.C. The committee members plan to discuss the next session of the UN Commission on International Trade Law ODR working group, scheduled for March 24-28 in New York City. The UN ODR working group is in the process of developing ODR rules for resolution of cross-border electronic commerce disputes, which may include a cross-border enforcement mechanism and other provisions. Those planning on attending should contact PIL@state.gov.
Canada took another step toward setting “eManifest” advance manifest transmission requirements for truck and rail cargo, issuing on Feb. 15 proposed regulations that would implement the long-delayed program. Canada Border Service Agency’s proposed rule would require truck carriers to submit cargo and conveyance information one hour before reaching the Canadian border. Rail carriers would have to submit data two hours before a train crosses the border. Freight forwarders would also be tasked with advance electronic submission of secondary information on a shipment, and would have to keep associated records as well.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Feb. 26. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Feb. 26 with 100 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 180,897. The most recent ruling is dated 02/25/14.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Feb. 24. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Feb. 24 with 84 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 180,805. The most recent ruling is dated 02/21/14.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Feb. 18. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Feb. 18 with 162 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 180,723. The most recent ruling is dated 02/12/2014.
Japanese trade negotiators must continue to make auto and agricultural market access concessions in order to remain a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) participant, said U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman on Feb. 18 at a Center for American Progress event. The Feb. 15 summit with Japanese Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Akira Amari yielded progress, however, said Froman (see 14021803).