The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) joint review process is scheduled to begin on July 1, 2026, but the time to prepare is now. Embedded trade compliance professionals should already be doing scenario analysisâpulling data, calculating the supply chain impacts of potential changes, and helping their companies to strategize accordingly.
This is the second of a three-part series about the USMCA joint review process, focusing on China, Mexico, and competing visions of a âworker-centeredâ trade policy. Part one introduces the USMCA joint review process and explores how US trade policy would likely operate during Trumpâs second term. Part two outlines some of the major trade issues that will be on the table during joint review, focusing on the Mexico-US relationship, and anticipates Harrisâs likely approach to trade policy.
This is the first of a three-part series about the USMCA joint review process, focusing on China, Mexico, and competing visions of a âworker-centeredâ trade policy. Part one introduces the USMCA joint review process and explores how US trade policy would likely operate during Trumpâs second term. Part two outlines some of the major trade issues that will be on the table during joint review, focusing on the Mexico-US relationship, and anticipates Harrisâs likely approach to trade policy. Part three offers a critique of the worker-centered trade policy developed under the Biden administration, presents an alternative, and suggests new avenues for multi-stakeholder participation that Harrisâs approach might create.
In February 2024, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) began taking a new approach to Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) enforcementâquestionnaires. Once again, the solar industry is among the first targets, vanguards among importers, hacking their way through new regulatory growth, hopefully exposing a clear way through for all who follow. Active enforcement mechanisms like questionnairesâand the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) itselfâare still evolving.
By:Â Gavin Andersen, Law Clerk, LCB and Adrienne Braumiller, Founding Partner, Braumiller Law Group Last June (2023), in response to a ruling request from Your Special
Whether you are creating a new in-house trade compliance function or evaluating an established one, there is no getting around the perpetual question: Where should Trade Compliance report?
By Adrienne Braumiller, Founding Partner Harold Jackson, Associate Attorney Gavin Andersen, Braumiller Consulting Trade Advisor Section 301 Tariffs on Chinese goods continues to be at the
