Mexico asks Texas to halt costly cargo inspections
“The Mexican government will file a complaint with the trade facilitation committee under the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) free trade agreement, which came into effect in 2020.”
[Reuters]
Customs brokers, forwarders & shippers ask Congress to change rail storage rules
“The initiative … states that rail storage charges should be billed through the contracting ocean carrier and subject to the demurrage and detention invoicing requirements of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA22).”
[American Journal of Transportation]
India plans to challenge EU carbon tax at WTO
“Last month, the European Union approved the world's first plan to impose a levy on high-carbon goods imports from 2026, targeting imports of steel, cement, aluminium, fertilisers, electricity, and hydrogen, aiming to become a net zero emitter of greenhouse gases by 2050, ahead of India's target of 2070.”
[Reuters]
How sanctioned Western goods are still flowing into Russia
“U.S. and European Union exports of sensitive, so-called dual-use goods to countries in Russia’s neighborhood rose sharply in 2022. So did these countries’ shipments of these products to Russia, often by a similar multiple, an analysis of United Nations trade data shows.”
[The Wall Street Journal]
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