The EU executive has one year to draft legislation to collect supervisory fees from Big Tech.| POLITICO
On August 29, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a 7-4 en banc opinion in VOS Selections, Inc v. Trump, holding that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize the President to impose broad, indefinite tariffs. The case was initially brought in the Court of International Trade [...] The post US: After the Federal Circuit IEEPA Tariff Ruling, What Comes Next? appeared first on Import and Trade Remedies Blog.| Import and Trade Remedies Blog
On August 25, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued a draft Federal Register notice to effectuate the President’s Executive Order (“EO”) on “Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of the Russian Federation,” which imposed additional tariffs on imports of Indian origin due to India directly or indirectly importing Russian oil. Under these new [...] The post US: CBP Effectuates Executive Order Increasing Tariffs by 25% for a total 50% on Indian Imp...| Import and Trade Remedies Blog
Commodity codes may differ between customs territories. If your product's customs code is misassigned, you may face penalties.| ShipHub
A class of home textiles that had been excluded under Sec. 301 from tariffs on Chinese-made goods has been given a reprieve from levies set to go into effect on Aug. 31.| Home Textiles Today
On 5 August 2025, the European Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1727, suspending the commercial rebalancing measures imposed under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1564. The suspension follows the political agreement reached between the EU and the US on 27 July 2025 (see our prior blog post on the EU – US Trade Deal here) and signals| Import and Trade Remedies Blog
This is the first part of the third part of our series (I, II) discussing the patterns of life of the pre-modern peasants who made up the great majority of all humans who lived in our agrarian past and indeed a majority of all humans who have ever lived. Last week, we looked at death, … Continue reading Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IIIa: Family Formation→| A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
Donald Trump has suspended De Minimis for all countries, a rule that exempted foreign goods valued under $800 from import duty.| Heddels
This is the first part of the third part of our series (I, II) discussing the patterns of life of the pre-modern peasants who made up the great majority of all humans who lived in our agrarian past…| A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
This is the second part of our series (I) discussing the basic contours of life – birth, marriage, labor, subsistence, death – of pre-modern peasants and their families. As we’ve discussed, pre-modern peasant farmers make up the vast majority of human beings in in the past. Last week we started by looking at the basic … Continue reading Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part II: Starting at the End→| A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
As is traditional here, I am taking advantage of the Fourth of July this week to write something about the United States, this time a brief discussion of the nature of civil-military relations in the United States. Civil-military relations (typically shortened to ‘civ-mil’ or sometimes CMR) is, simply put, the relationship between the broader civil … Continue reading Collections: The American Civil-Military Relationship→| A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
This is the second part of our series (I) discussing the basic contours of life – birth, marriage, labor, subsistence, death – of pre-modern peasants and their families. As we’ve …| A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
As is traditional here, I am taking advantage of the Fourth of July this week to write something about the United States, this time a brief discussion of the nature of civil-military relations in t…| A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
At a moment when the country’s president and other elected and appointed officials are hell-bent to detain and deport more and more immigrants, hundreds of Pittsburghers demonstrated that they prefer to retain and support immigrants. Roughly 500 people attended a “Stand with Immigrants” rally at the City-County Building, Downtown, Saturday afternoon, one day after President […]| Pittsburgh Union Progress
When the New Osaka Hotel opened in 1935, it was one of Japan’s finest hotels. It even boasted air-conditioned guest rooms, a world’s first. This rare pamphlet from its early days offers a fascinating peek inside.| OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN
A young employee of a charcoal dealer carries packs of charcoal. An extensive charcoal infrastructure as well as ingenious methods kept the fires in Japan’s millions of hibachi burning.| OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN
Renowned American photographer Henry Strohmeyer (right) and his friend drinking Japanese tea while sitting close to hibachi, one wooden and the other metal. Hibachi came in countless forms and styles.| OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN
Two young Japanese women in a studio pose next to a hibachi. Women generally ruled this humble, but all-important heater.| OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN
A young woman plays the shamisen while seated next to a hibachi (火鉢), a portable charcoal brazier. The metal chopsticks are for handling the charcoal, burning on a thick insulating layer of ash.| OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN
A stunning New Year card for Gifu’s Great Exhibition of Rapid Japanese Progress of 1936. During the 1900s–1930s, many Japanese New Year cards were designed by top artists who created a golden age of card design.| OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN
Following a busy week in trade, with numerous US court decisions over the past days, businesses may be left wondering as the week wraps up: where does the recent flurry of decisions leave us? Where things stand Refresher on how we got here| Import and Trade Remedies Blog
inistry of Finance (MOF) has resumed drafting a decree on the customs procedure for e-commerce goods by releasing a new draft (“Draft Decree“) to govern various issues on cross-border e-commerce. These issues include customs declarants, risk management, data processing, import permit exemption, import duty, customs valuation and the customs procedure. The Draft Decree focuses on| Global Supply Chain Compliance
Baker McKenzie’s Global Customs Practice invites you to join us for a follow up webinar on “Trump and Tariffs: Section 232 Tariff Announcement, Reciprocal & Retaliatory Tariffs and More” This one-hour webinar will take place Thursday, 20 February 2025 at 10:00 CST / 11:00 EST / 17:00 CET. On February 10th President Trump announced that 25% tariffs will be imposed on all [...] The post Round Two – Trump and Tariffs (Webinar) – February 20 appeared first on Global Supply Chain ...| Global Supply Chain Compliance
Following the latest of a number of tariff-related announcements, President Donald Trump has officially confirmed that 25 percent tariffs will be imposed on all steel and aluminium imports into the US beginning March 12, 2025. The tariffs will also be expanded to include derivative steel articles once the Department of Commerce has implemented “adequate systems”| Import and Trade Remedies Blog
In a recent U-turn, President Donald Trump has announced a 30-day pause on tariffs for Canada and Mexico, which were imposed via executive orders signed on February 1, 2025. President Trump had justified the imposition of the tariffs by stating that Canada and Mexico had failed to stem illegal immigration into the US, as well| Import and Trade Remedies Blog
April Fools! Tracing the History of Dreidel Among Neo-Traditionalists and Neo-Hebraists| The Seforim Blog
A diminishing number of grassroots U.K. musicians are performing at the continent’s festivals.| POLITICO
Alarmed by the prospect of increased tariffs on Chinese goods if Donald Trump is elected, some American companies are stockpiling parts and delaying expansions.| www.nytimes.com
On 23 April 2024, the European Parliament approved the proposal of the EU Forced Labour Regulation (“Regulation“). The text of the Regulation was approved on first reading with 555 votes in favour, 6 against, and 45 abstentions. The officially adopted text can be found here. Under the Regulation, all products (including their components) manufactured using forced| Global Supply Chain Compliance
On April 22, 2024, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced its initiation of a Section 301 investigation into China’s acts, policies and practices in the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors. The investigation is in response to a petition filed in March by five US labor unions alleging that China engages in unreasonable or discriminatory| Import and Trade Remedies Blog
The Government of Canada presented its 2024 Federal Budget on April 16, which provides insight into the current administration’s trade-related domestic and foreign policy goals over the next five years. This includes a renewed commitment to eradicate forced and child labour from Canadian supply chains. Read more about it in this blog post issued by| Global Supply Chain Compliance
In this week in our blog we take a look at the Finnish Christmas in light of numbers. We talk about, for example, Xmas spending. The post Finnish Christmas in numbers appeared first on Finnwards.| Finnwards
September 2020 – June 2023 Client: World Customs Organization The Asia-Pacific Plastic Waste Project (APPWP), implemented by the WCO Secretariat and funded by the Government of Japan from April 2020 to June 2023, aimed to strengthen the capacity of Customs administrations to mitigate and appropriately respond to environmental threats in the Asia-Pacific region. More specifically, […]| AmbienDura