UFLPA still an issue
“Elise Shibles, a lawyer with Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., who specializes in this area, said the CBP will almost automatically assume importers are violating the law. ‘It’s a perception issue,’ she said. ‘Customs is using the perception and making importers rebut the assumption. It’s a reverse burden of proof. If [CBP] is at all suspicious it will stop all shipments from that manufacturer.’”
[Floor Covering Weekly]
West Coast port labor deal reached; peak season chaos averted
“The ILWU avoided reputational fallout from holding up Christmas cargoes to increase wages that were already relatively high. And the PMA averted losses to port productivity during peak season, which translates into more terminal profits.”
[FreightWaves]
EU agrees trade deal with Kenya as Brussels aims to boost Africa ties
“The Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA) will give Kenya duty-free, quota-free access to the EU market for all its exports, including coffee, flowers and minerals.”
[Financial Times]
Honduras ends FTA with Taiwan after president visits China
“Coffee beans and frozen white leg shrimps were the main products Taiwan imported from Honduras, while Taiwan only saw 0.01% of its exports head to the Central American country.”
[Taiwan News]
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