Software developer Descartes found that the majority of the 434 freight forwarders and customs brokers it surveyed globally are taking a wait-and-see approach to company growth amid worldwide macroeconomic uncertainties, according to the company's annual Forwarder/Broker Benchmark Study released this week.
The Air Forwarders Association will begin pressuring Congress to improve airport infrastructure to better handle air freight, the group's executive director, Brandon Fried, said at the Coalition of New England Companies for Trade's (CONECT) Northeast Trade and Transportation Conference on Oct. 30.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas set sentencing for Jan. 8 in a case against a customs broker for conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Magistrate Judge Kathleen Cardone referred the case for sentencing in an Oct. 24 order after accepting the guilty plea from the individual, Carlos Leopoldo Alvelais (USA v. Carlos Leopoldo Alvelais, W.D. Tex. # 3:25-02512).
As the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative considers whether the U.S. wants to continue the USMCA, it will evaluate more than 1,500 comments from farmers, manufacturers, retailers, civic society and broad business interests that operate in all three countries.
An Australian national pleaded guilty Oct. 29 to two counts of theft of trade secrets, DOJ announced. Peter Williams admitted to selling his employer's trade secrets to a Russian "cyber-tools broker," the agency said.
An Australian national pleaded guilty Oct. 29 to two counts of theft of trade secrets, DOJ announced. Peter Williams admitted to selling his employer's trade secrets to a Russian "cyber-tools broker," the agency said.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas set sentencing for Jan. 8 in a case against a customs broker for conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Magistrate Judge Kathleen Cardone referred the case for sentencing in an Oct. 24 order after accepting the guilty plea from the individual, Carlos Leopoldo Alvelais (USA v. Carlos Leopoldo Alvelais, W.D. Tex. # 3:25-02512).
While importers may explore tariff mitigation strategies such as duty drawback, bonded warehouses, foreign-trade zones and free trade agreement eligibility, ensuring proper tariff classification should be the first and top priority, because potentially thousands of dollars in the underpayment -- or overpayment -- of duties is at stake if a good is classified incorrectly, speakers said during a panel at last week's International Compliance Professionals Association conference in Texas.
NEWPORT, R.I. -- The Trump administration appears to be ditching the standard of reasonable care by importers in favor of strict compliance when enforcing customs violations, trade lawyer David Murphy said at the Coalition of New England Companies for Trade's (CONECT) Northeast Trade and Transportation Conference on Oct. 29.
Increased U.S. scrutiny of Mexican truck drivers' English-speaking proficiency is raising concerns within the drayage industry that drivers who cross the U.S. border and perform drayage within a limited distance from the border will be prevented from doing their jobs.