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Mar 28, 2025
A March 25 Executive Order from the White House called for the Treasury Department to cease issuing paper checks for all federal disbursements, including tax refunds, effective Sept. 30, 2025.
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Mar 28, 2025
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. unveiled a major restructuring plan for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that calls for 10,000 additional personnel cuts, centralization of functions and a consolidation of 28 divisions into 15, resulting in budget savings of $1.8 billion annually for the sprawling agency.
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Mar 28, 2025
NCBFAA mourns the passing of Lynn Carol Van Ek, wife of retired Regular Member Edwin Van EK of Comstock & Theakston. Lynn, who was an active participant at NCBFAA Annual Conferences, died on March 21 at her home in Pawley's Island, South Carolina. She was 77.
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Mar 28, 2025
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reminded the trade that the data available through ACE Reports will not be updated between the morning update on Friday, March 28, and the morning update on Wednesday, April 2.
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Mar 28, 2025
The NCBFAA Transportation Committee and Counsel of Venable LLP in comments submitted to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on March 24 expressed concern about the negative effects to both services and costs on NVOCCs, freight forwarders, and customs brokers if the proposed Section 301 port fees applied to Chinese-built containerships arriving at U.S. ports should be imposed.
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Mar 28, 2025
On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Balboa Sun, Certified Laboratories, Lexington Brownrigg, and Reform, which have recently joined our association. We're so excited to have these firms join our organization and we are happy to assist in any way we can!
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Mar 28, 2025
A summary of the latest legislative and regulatory transport, logistics and trade sector updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Transportation Counsel firm Venable.
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Mar 28, 2025
A summary of the latest customs and cross-border trade regulatory updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Customs Counsel firm Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg.
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Mar 21, 2025
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) continues to update its Section 232 frequently asked questions (FAQs) on its website. In addition, CBP has provided guidance on the additional duties on imports of energy and energy resources that are the products of Canada. Energy and energy resources that qualify for USMCA are not subject to the additional tariffs.
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Mar 21, 2025
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in a notice to the trade on March 21 said it is aware that government contractors are receiving fraudulent solicitations from individuals using e-mail addresses disguised to appear as originating at the FMC.
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