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ARTICLE · 20 APRIL 2016

The Customs Reauthorization Bill: The Most Immediate And Practical Impacts

Torres Trade Law, PLLC
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Initially introduced in April 2015, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, also known as the Customs Reauthorization Bill, was finally enacted in February 2016.

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Olga Torres
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Initially introduced in April 2015, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (the Act), also known as the Customs Reauthorization Bill, was finally enacted in February 2016. The Act contains the most far reaching changes since the Customs Modernization Act and its main objectives include strengthening trade enforcement, increasing intellectual property protections, combatting anti-dumping duty evasion, and improving agency enforcement efforts. In addition, the Act will require U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to create standards that measure the performance and progress of trade, while also mandating that CBP report these results. Specifically, the Act has added 48 reports that CBP must submit to Congress regarding its operations. A few of the key changes to the Act are outlined further.

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