International Trade Today is providing readers with some of the top stories for May 13-17 in case they were missed.
The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America urged the Senate Finance Committee to “move forward with all deliberate speed” in marking up the customs reauthorization bill, in a May 14 letter from NCBFAA to Committee leaders Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. The committee should hold hearings on the bill -- S-622, introduced in March -- making adjustments and marking it up, the letter said. “As the leading voice for customs brokers and their importer clients -- large, medium and small businesses -- you have our commitment to support your efforts to shape a balanced and forward looking bill.” See 13032906 for more on the Senate bill.
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How the world navigates the IPv4 “exhaustion mess” will “set the direction of the next few decades of the Internet,” said Geoff Huston, chief scientist for Asia Pacific regional Internet registry APNIC. This is a “major pivot point” for the ongoing tension between carriage and content in communications, he told us. So far, the Internet has “bred massive content industries at the expense of the fortunes of the carrier folk,” but if Internet companies persist in using IPv4, carriers may find themselves in a new role -- brokering Internet Protocol addresses between content providers and users, he said.
How the world navigates the IPv4 “exhaustion mess” will “set the direction of the next few decades of the Internet,” said Geoff Huston, chief scientist for Asia Pacific regional Internet registry APNIC. This is a “major pivot point” for the ongoing tension between carriage and content in communications, he told us. So far, the Internet has “bred massive content industries at the expense of the fortunes of the carrier folk,” but if Internet companies persist in using IPv4, carriers may find themselves in a new role -- brokering Internet Protocol addresses between content providers and users, he said.
Fiddling with 2008 amendments to the Lacey Act was characterized as both a danger -- weakening sound environmental policy that has benefited the U.S. hardwood industry -- and a necessity, to reduce the extensive time and financial burdens on business and governments, a group of industry representatives told a House Natural Resources Subcommittee May 16. All of the witnesses at the second half of the hearing said they recognized the crucial mission and honorable intentions of the Lacey amendments (see 13051625 for more on the first half of the hearing, which featured testimony from federal officials). And a majority argued for changes to the act, mostly to protect legitimate wood importers.
CBP rescheduled its Webinar on the Centers of Excellence and Expertise and the role of customs brokers for 11 a.m. on May 28, the agency said in a CSMS message. The Webinar was previously scheduled for May 21. Registration isn't required, said CBP. A link to the webinar will be (here).
CBP posted the April 3, 2013, customs broker exam (here) and answer key (here).
CBP plans to host a Webinar on the Centers of Excellence and Expertise and the role of customs brokers at 1 p.m. on May 21, the agency said in a CSMS message. Registration isn't required, said CBP. A link to the Webinar will be available (here).
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