November 3, 2020 5:30 p.m. EST LawCustoms Stream – You are Invited!
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November 3, 2020 5:30 p.m. EST LawCustoms Stream – You are Invited!

Please join this free weekly live streaming web event – LawCustoms Stream – dedicated to Customs & International trade issues.  Each event focuses on current trade landscape starting from the hot topics in the world and home to issues that affect international trade community.  We pick laws and discuss how they apply.  We take logistical difficulties affecting global trade and break it down. Events take place every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. EST.  We invite to you view our past events posted here. The stream will take place through Vimeo Platform. No registration is necessary to attend, just follow the link or view through below. If would like to ask questions through chat, please login through web browser or download Vimeo App for iOS or Vimeo App for Android. Hope to have you as a viewer and/or participant!

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Published October 27, 2020 by

Live Event Reminder: LawCustoms Stream – Tonight at 5:30 p.m. EST. You Are Invited!

Dear Friends and Colleagues, we look forward to your visit of LawCustoms Stream, tonight at 5:30 p.m. EST.  LawCustoms Stream is a part of a series of live web events, or streams, to explore current issues related to customs and international trade. Each event focuses on current trade landscape starting from the hot topics in the world and home to issues that affect international trade community. We pick laws and discuss how they apply. We take logistical difficulties affecting global trade and break it down. The stream will take place through Vimeo Platform. No registration is necessary to attend, just follow the link below. We welcome your questions or comments through chat, but for that please login through web browser or download Vimeo App for iOS or Vimeo App for Android. If you can’t make it, no problem! The video playback will be available right after live stream. Links Used During the Stream Google Antitrust Lawsuit https://www.justice.gov/atr/case/us-and-plaintiff-states-v-google-llc https://www.justice.gov/atr/case-document/file/1329131/download CBP Issues First Forced Labor Finding Since 1996 https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-issues-first-forced-labor-finding-1996 Privacy Policy October 20th Event Export Controls and CFIUS Mandatory Filings (Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) – 9/15/2020 Final Rule by Treasury https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/09/15/2020-18454/provisions-pertaining-to-certain-investments-in-the-united-states-by-foreign-persons CBP Prevents $287M of Duty Evasions through…

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Live Event Reminder: LawCustoms Stream – Tonight at 5:30 p.m. EST. You Are Invited!

Dear Friends and Colleagues, we look forward to your visit of LawCustoms Stream, tonight at 5:30 p.m. EST.  LawCustoms Stream is a part of a series of live web events, or streams, to explore current issues related to customs and international trade. The stream will take place through Vimeo Platform. No registration is necessary to attend, just follow the link below. We welcome your questions or comments through chat, but for that please login through web browser or download Vimeo App for iOS or Vimeo App for Android. If you can’t make it, no problem!  The video playback will be available right after live stream.

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April 2021 Customs Broker License Exam Preparation Class Kick-Off

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Published October 13, 2020 by

Live Event Reminder: LawCustoms Stream – Tonight at 5:30 p.m. EST. You Are Invited!

Dear Friends and Colleagues, we look forward to your visit of LawCustoms Stream, tonight at 5:30 p.m. EST.  LawCustoms Stream is a part of a series of live web events, or streams, to explore current issues related to customs and international trade. The stream will take place through Vimeo Platform. No registration is necessary to attend, just follow the link below. We welcome your questions or comments through chat, but for that please login through web browser or download Vimeo App for iOS or Vimeo App for Android. If you can’t make it, no problem!  The video playback will be available right after live stream.

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Published October 6, 2020 by

Live Event Reminder: LawCustoms Stream – Tonight at 5:30 p.m. EST. You Are Invited!

Dear Friends and Colleagues, we look forward to your visit of LawCustoms Stream, tonight at 5:30 p.m. EST.  LawCustoms Stream is a part of a series of live web events, or streams, to explore current issues related to customs and international trade. The stream will take place through Vimeo Platform. No registration is necessary to attend, just follow the link below. We welcome your questions or comments through chat, but for that please login through web browser or download Vimeo App for iOS or Vimeo App for Android. If you can’t make it, no problem!  The video playback will be available right after live stream.  

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September 29, 2020 LawCustoms Stream: CBE Materials; Cuban Sanctions; Magnitsky List; False Claims Act; Country of Origin

A weekly live web event dedicated to issues related to international trade. Materials used throughout the stream include: OWIT Mexico Event | WOMAN EXPORTING MX – October 26-30, 2020 https://mbmapp.com/event/mujerexportamx Assoc. of Cert. Sanction Specialists | Listings, Delistings and Other Developments in the Russian Sphere – Oct. 1, 2020 https://sanctionsassociation.org/20201001upcoming/ Event – Rising Tensions – Increased Trade Controls on Wednesday, October 7 HKT https://email.steptoecommunications.com/120/8358/landing-pages/rsvp-blank.asp?sid=ea292c35-fe3a-42c2-ac19-ea8649c27ee1 Cuba: OFAC’s amendment of Cuban Asset Control Regulations: Qs 837 https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/faqs/topic/1541 12 Categories of General License: https://cu.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/local-resources-of-u-s-citizens/traveling-to-cuba/ New Rule for Professional Meetings: https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=cff7b100f3d7279989d2c087a32f83f6&mc=true&node=se31.3.515_1564&rgn=div8 Old Rule for Professional Meetings: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2019-title31-vol3/pdf/CFR-2019-title31-vol3-sec515-564.pdf New Rule for Public Performances: https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=cff7b100f3d7279989d2c087a32f83f6&mc=true&node=se31.3.515_1567&rgn=div8 Old Rule for Public Performances: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2019-title31-vol3/pdf/CFR-2019-title31-vol3-sec515-567.pdf HK Special Administrative Region on SDN – 09/25/2020 OFAC FAQ https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/faqs/840 Reminder of 08/31/2020 HKSAR Designations: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1088 Follows Exxon Mobile Case: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-txnd-3_17-cv-01930/pdf/USCOURTS-txnd-3_17-cv-01930-2.pdf Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) makes it to Magnitsky List on 09/25/2020 https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/faqs/835 Note on Magnitsky (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Magnitsky): Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 … see pg. 8: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr6156enr/pdf/BILLS-112hr6156enr.pdf New Website for Steel Mill Licenses https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/09/11/2020-19753/steel-import-monitoring-and-analysis-system https://www.trade.gov/us-industry-licensing https://enforcement.trade.gov/steel/license/SMP_byHTS.pdf DOJ News Release on False Claims Act https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/multinational-industrial-engineering-company-pay-22-million-settle-false-claims-act 09/16/2020 Customs Bulletin at 15: Cyper Power v. US https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2020-Sep/Vol_54_No_36_Complete_0.pdf   Please remember to attend our weekly live stream! Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. EST…

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Published September 23, 2020 by

September 22, 2020 LawCustoms Stream Playback: Sec. 201, 232, 301 Tariffs; Sec. 301 Court of Int’l Trade Challenge

A weekly live web event dedicated to issues related to international trade. This week the conversation focused on so-called “Trump” tariffs: a.k.a. Sec. 201, 232, 301. In light of lively debate about Sec. 301 challenge in the Court of International Trade, we also focused on the details and legal rationale underlying the Sec. 301 litigation. Materials used throughout the stream include: Martin Behr’s Presentation: “Trump’s Tariffs: Sections 201, 232, and 301,” available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/17kgaG2an_EiUL4kZOduqinbUWWu1-2MD/view?usp=sharing U.S. Court of International Trade Plaintiff’s Complaint: HMTX Industries v. U.S., available at https://filehost.thompsonhine.com/uploads/USCIT_-_HMTX_Industries_LLC_et_al_v_United_States_-_Sept_2020_2ea7.pdf Jurisdictional Statute, 28 USC 1581(i)(1)(B): https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:28 section:1581 edition:prelim) OR (granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1581)&f=treesort&edition=prelim&num=0&jumpTo=true Statute of Limitations, 28 USC 2636(i) – 2 years from the date the cause of action first accrues: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:28 section:2636 edition:prelim) “First Accrues” Date: 83 FR 47974 (09/21/2018) https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/09/21/2018-20610/notice-of-modification-of-section-301-action-chinas-acts-policies-and-practices-related-to 19 USC 2411 (Sec. 301) https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2411&num=0&edition=prelim 19 USC 2414 (Sec. 303) https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2414&num=0&edition=prelim 19 USC 2417 (Sec. 307) https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2417&num=0&edition=prelim 4 Sec. 301 lists available at USTR website https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/enforcement/section-301-investigations/section-301-china/200-billion-trade-action 8/18/17 FR Notice of Investigation https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/08/24/2017-17931/initiation-of-section-301-investigation-hearing-and-request-for-public-comments-chinas-acts-policies USTR Report (Final?) https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/Section%20301%20FINAL.PDF USTR Response for List 3 https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2018/june/ustr-robert-lighthizer-statement-0 Reliance on Sec. 307 (at page 2) https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/enforcement/301Investigations/2018-0026%20China%20FRN%207-10-2018_0.pdf USTR Statement Mentioned in the Complaint https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2018/june/ustr-robert-lighthizer-statement-0   Please remember to attend our weekly live stream! Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. EST At…

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U.S. Constitution U.S. Federal

Published September 18, 2020 by

September 22, 2020 5:30 p.m. EST LawCustoms Stream – You are Invited!

LawCustoms Stream is a part of a series of live web events, or streams, to explore current issues related to customs and international trade. The stream will take place through Vimeo Platform. No registration is necessary to attend, just follow the link below. If would like to ask questions through chat, please login through web browser or download Vimeo App for iOS or Vimeo App for Android.     Hope to see you there!

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Published September 16, 2020 by

September 15, 2020 LawCustoms Stream Playback: Customs Broker Exam; North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)

A weekly live web event dedicated to issues related to international trade. Links Used During the Stream: Broker Exam Webinar – September 23, 2020 cbp.gov/trade/programs-administration/customs-brokers/license-examination-notice-examination Title 19, Code of Federal Regulations (2019, Revised as of April 1, 2019, Parts 1 to 199) (19 CFR 0 – 140) (19 CFR 141-199) govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2019-title19-vol1/pdf/CFR-2019-title19-vol1.pdf govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2019-title19-vol2/pdf/CFR-2019-title19-vol2-chapI.pdf Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (2019 Basic Edition, no supplements) (HTSUS) hts.usitc.gov/view/release?release=2019HTSABASICA 500,000 Counterfeit N95 Masks Seized by Chicago CBP cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/500000-counterfeit-n95-masks-seized-chicago-cbp DHS Cracks Down on Goods Produced by China’s State-Sponsored Forced Labor Link: cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/dhs-cracks-down-goods-produced-china-s-state-sponsored-forced-labor Gibson Dunn 2020 Sanctions and Export Controls Update – October 15, 2020 Link: event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&referrer=&eventid=2598375&sessionid=1&key=7E63DE662AC0806F03340641BA5CBBE8&regTag=&sourcepage=register Martin K. Behr USMCA Presentation Materials drive.google.com/file/d/17vpfMVpcLHJvEeLSh2EFG1e3rkHLLq77/view?usp=sharing We Hope to Have You Join Our Next Stream next Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. EST. We welcome any customs or international trade topics you would like us to address. No Registration Necessary, Just follow this link: https://vimeo.com/458349533

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