Welcome to the December 2019 edition of Baker McKenzie’s International Trade Compliance Update.
This issue’s highlights:
- UN: Security Council Resolutions regarding Somalia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
- WTO: Trade policy review Lao PDR, Kazakhstan submits application for Government Procurement Agreement, disputes updates, TBT notifications
- WCO: New releases and announcements
- RCEP Update
- CITES notifications
- FAS GAIN Reports
- El Salvador: Accumulation of origin under EU-CA Association Agreement
- Panama: Israel-Panama FTA, COMIECO resolutions
- Canada: Advance rulings, D-Memos and Customs Notices
- Mexico: Diario Oficial
- US: Presidential documents including national emergency extensions; Hong Kong Sanctions legislation; CIT case on President’s power under Sec. 232; USTR proposal on tariffs against French goods; USTR exclusions and CBP instructions on Chinese goods; GSP annual review and Laos review; Commerce proposals on supply chain security; Tunisia requests cultural property protection; brokers fees; CBP limits court decisions; COAC update; CBP Withhold Release Orders; CBP rulings revocations/modifications; CSMS messages; FTZ Board actions; Venezuelan sanctions update; Cuba restricted list; Iranian sanction updates; Huawei temporary licenses; entity list and OFAC sanctions; Cuban sanctions; CPSC/ATF/USDA regulations and notices; government procurement; AD/CVD notices
- Argentina/Mercosur: EU-Mercosur FTA
- Brazil: CAMEX resolutions and AD/CVD cases
- Chile: Customs resolutions
- Colombia: Tariff modifications
- Venezuela: VAT exemptions for certain imports
- Australia: Customs notices and AD/CVD
- China: AD/CVD
- India: AD/CVD
- EU and EFTA: Dual-use list updated; EU-Singapore FTA; CN Explanatory Notes, AD/CVD; Official Journal – Commission Regulations and Decisions; restrictive measures
- France: Notices to importers
- Switzerland: N. Korean sanctions
- UK: Extraterritorial sanctions
- Turkey: New customs guidelines, legislation
- Ukraine: Legislation
- EAEU: Council and Board decisions
- Africa: African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
- South Africa: Rules and tariff amendments
Plus information on trade compliance enforcement actions, alerts and articles, webinars and seminars, and recordings of past events.