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U.S.
February 01, 2018
U.S. Would Consider Negotiating With Trans-Pacific Partnership Countries
In a January 26 speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Trump said the U.S. would consider negotiating with Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries “either individually, or perhaps as a group, if it is in the interests of all”. President Trump said that the U.S. “is prepared to negotiate mutually beneficial, bilateral trade agreements with all countries”. The full text of President Trump’s speech is available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-world-economic-forum/
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U.S. Trucking’s Uncharted ELD Rollout Stings Shippers
Shippers may blame the electronic logging device mandate (ELD) for supply chain problems, but the ELD mandate has supply chain issues of its own. The biggest regulatory change for trucking in decades hit a few road bumps after the December 18 rollout. Some of those bumps were expected, but the mandate has had unexpected consequences for shippers and truckers, too. As reported in the Journal of Commerce On January 29, 2017: https://www.joc.com/trucking-logistics/labor/us-truckings-uncharted-eld-rollout-stings-shippers_20180129.html
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NAFTA Negotiations
Some progress was made at the sixth round of NAFTA negotiations that concluded on January 29 in Montreal, Canada. Negotiations have been concluded on a new anti-corruption chapter, with progress made on the chapters of customs and trade facilitation, digital trade, telecommunications, and sanitary and phytosanitary measures. Closing Statement of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer at the Sixth Round of NAFTA Negotiations: https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/fact-sheets/2018/january/closing-statement-ustr-robert
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Food & Drug Administration is Accepting Applications for its Voluntary Qualified Importer Program
The Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) is a voluntary fee-based program that provides expedited review and import entry of human and animal foods into the United States for participating importers. Participating importers will be able to import their products to the U.S. with greater speed and predictability, avoiding unexpected delays at the point of import entry. To participate, importers must meet eligibility criteria and pay a user fee that covers costs associated with the FDA’s administration of the program. FDA Application detail: https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/ImportsExports/Importing/ucm490823.htm
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Maersk Charts New Future with IBM Blockchain Pact
Having gone all-in on container shipping by divesting its energy assets, Maersk cannot accept an industry that continues as it has been. The world’s largest carrier, though family-controlled, is under the intense scrutiny and pressure to perform because of it public share listing. It cannot do this just by riding the waves of cyclicality, enduring, as the industry has done for years, long stretches of overcapacity and losses. As Reported in the Journal of Commerce on January 27, 2017: https://www.joc.com/technology/maersk-ibm-blockchain-deal-statement-techs-role-industry-change_20180127.html
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Canada
February 01, 2018
Trade Compliance Verifications
Canada Customs manages trade compliance with the Tariff Classification, Valuation, and Origin programs using the post-release verification processes of random verifications and verification priorities. Targeted verification priorities are determined through a risk-based, evergreen process, meaning that new targets are added throughout the year. Customs updated verification priority list: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/import/verification/menu-eng.html
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