Taxes, Tariffs & Trade

Fix to USMCA drafting error requested by NAFEM and others

In drafting the United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement (USMCA), an error was made in the language allowing companies […]


07.30.2020

NAFEM shares concern over beneficial ownership reporting requirements

More than 70 small business organizations, including NAFEM, have written U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck […]


07.30.2020

CBP addresses USMCA Phase I implementation

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) announced that, in order to provide companies with sufficient time to adjust to the […]


07.30.2020

Doubling of tariffs on steel imports from Turkey overruled by court

The U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that President Trump acted illegally when he increased Section 232 tariffs on […]


07.30.2020

U.S. helps companies operating in Mexico navigate COVID-19-related reopening

The U.S. departments of State and Commerce recently held a webinar to discuss the COVID-19 situation in Mexico. Mexico began […]


06.25.2020

National Foreign Trade Council

An early advocate for global trade, U.S. Steel President James A. Farrell founded the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) in […]


06.25.2020

NAFEM to comment on Section 232 exclusion process

NAFEM and other members of the Coalition of American Metal Manufacturers and Users (CAMMU) will respond to a request for […]


06.25.2020

China appears to be falling short of Phase 1 trade deal commitments

According to the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Chinese agricultural purchases for 2020 have thus far fallen short of the […]


06.25.2020

USMCA goes into effect July 1

Beginning July 1, all three countries will transition from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to the new United […]


06.25.2020

NAFEM advocates for moving deadline for EU SCIP compliance

The European Union’s (EU) new Substances of Concern in Articles in Products (SCIP) database is scheduled to launch in October, […]


06.25.2020