Companies announce employees’ promotions.
Governmental Notices for June 30 through July 6, 2018
In addition to a link to the 2018 HTSA Revision 6 and a Reminder that the New 25 percent tariff on certain goods from China takes effect today, July 6, the following governmental notices may be of interest to our members and the trade: CBP’s latest ABI messages, including one…
USTR details China tariff exclusion process
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will accept requests for exclusion from the additional duties imposed on imports from China for the next 90 days.
Compliance 360: ICE trade enforcement vital
In fiscal 2017, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection made over 32,000 seizures involving counterfeit goods totaling an estimated value of more than $1.2 billion.
China ‘forced to make the necessary counterattacks’
The Trump administration and Beijing have fired the first shots in a trade war that has been brewing for months.
CK Hutchison eyes small stake in OOIL
Cosco selling shares in parent company of OOCL in order to keep listing on Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Spot container rates down from last year
Carriers are aggressively slashing services, despite the approaching peak season.
Driver charged with manslaughter, HOS violations
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has declared the CDL holder an imminent hazard and barred him from driving.
Transportation, logistics job bounceback continues
Firms added another 15,400 jobs in June.
Military veterans eyed for interstate trucking pilot
The U.S. Transportation Department has initiated a pilot program to allow 18- to 20-year-olds who hold the military equivalent of a commercial driver’s license to operate big rigs across state lines.