Cross-border compliance handled in operational terms: classifying goods, determining origin, obtaining licenses, screening counterparties, and drafting clauses that allocate duty and sanctions exposure. Coverage tracks changes to control lists and their effective dates. Aimed at trade compliance managers, logistics leads and counsel supporting international sales.
Practical coverage of cross-border rules: tariff classification, origin, licensing, restricted party screening, and clauses assigning that risk.
How CBP investigates allegations that an importer evaded antidumping or countervailing duties: the statutory clocks, the interim measures that bite before any finding, and the confidential-information rules the Federal Circuit forced open.
Yuki Tanaka
Section 321 lets shipments valued under $800 enter duty-free — the provision behind cross-border e-commerce, now narrowed by enforcement actions and 2025 restrictions.
Yuki Tanaka
CBP audits examine classification, valuation and origin across years of entries — importers with documented reasonable care negotiate findings; those without fund assessments.
Yuki Tanaka
U.S. sanctions law reaches any company using U.S. dollars or the U.S. financial system — with strict liability and penalties that turn on screening, the 50 Percent Rule and self-disclosure.
Yuki Tanaka
AD/CVD proceedings at the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission add duties to imports sold below fair value or subsidized abroad — with rates set by investigation.
Yuki Tanaka