• NCBFAA Customs Committee Tracks De-escalation of Tariffs for China-Hong Kong Products

  May 15, 2025
  The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., continue to monitor and highlight key changes within the IEEPA tariff and de minimis landscape on behalf of our customs broker members. This week's IEEPA Tariff Memo outlines the changes brought by the White House’s May 12 Executive Order initiating changes to the ad valorem duty rate, tariff modifications, and de minimis for China, plus a new CBP FAQ regarding feeder vessel scenarios impacted by in-transit guidance for reciprocal entries and other sources of tariff information.
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• BIS Rescinds Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Rule

  May 15, 2025
  The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has rescinded the AI Diffusion Rule that was issued on Jan. 15, 2025, and was take effect May 15, 2025. BIS does plan to publish a regulation that will formalize the rescission of the existing rule, as well as issue a replacement rule in the future.
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• Consolidated Screening List Functionality

  May 15, 2025
  The Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration has posted a notice on its webpage stating the agency is aware of an issue with the Consolidated Screening List’s Application Programming Interface (API) functionality, which includes the CSL search engine.
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How CBP Protects Intellectual Property Rights at the Border: A Small Business Focus.

29 May, 2025, 11 AM-12 PM

U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Trade is hosting a webinar on Thursday, May 29, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. ET titled How CBP Protects Intellectual Property Rights at the Border: A Small Business Focus. This webinar is directed to small and medium sized businesses and will provide an overview of CBP’s eRecordation program and ways that SMEs can leverage their resources to ensure they are getting the most out of the U.S. government’s IP enforcement resources. There will be a Q&A portion following the presentation. 

To register for this free webinar, click here. All registrants will receive the access link for the webinar the day before the event, but entry into the webinar is on a first-come, first-served basis as seats are limited. Other previously recorded webinars will be available for replay at Trade Outreach Webinars | U.S. Customs and Border Protection (cbp.gov).

This webinar is a part of CBP’s Continuing Education Program. The number of credits and credit code will be provided at the end of the webinar.

If you have any questions about this webinar, please contact OTRwebinars@cbp.dhs.gov.