The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered E & K Trucking, based in Commerce City, Colo., to immediately cease its trucking operations...
Regulation & Policy
The global regulatory environment surrounding international trade has never been more difficult — and risky — to manage. From international trade law to customs regulations, trade compliance has risen to the top of the priority list among global importers and exporters. In the age of free trade agreements that link different customs and cultures, the challenges will only mount in the years ahead.
Press Releases
18 Jun 2013
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has begun the first phase of a truck cargo pre-inspection pilot at the Pacific Highway crossing in Blaine, Wash., adjacent to Surrey, British Columbia.
18 Jun 2013
WASHINGTON — The trucking industry on Tuesday urged Congress to postpone the implementation of new hours of service rules
18 Jun 2013
A U.S. District Court judge in Portland ruled that the National Labor Relations Board last year had no right intervening in a contractual dispute between a container terminal operator at the Oregon port and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.
18 Jun 2013
The Coast Guard has told Horizon Lines the carrier can convert two steam-powered ships to LNG and diesel propulsion in non-U.S. shipyards and still be able to operate the vessels in the Jones Act domestic trade.
17 Jun 2013
The European Union and the U.S. officially launched far-reaching negotiations on a trans-Atlantic free trade and investment agreement today that could boost their combined economies by as much as $280 billion a year.
16 Jun 2013
The Indian government on Friday approved a proposal to delegate more project approval authority to the Ministry of Road T
16 Jun 2013
Representatives from the U.S. and Indonesia have met to discuss ways to further bilateral investment between the two nations under the U.S.-Indonesia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement.
14 Jun 2013
The new listings of species, the 165 decisions and 36 resolutions adopted or revised at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora...
14 Jun 2013
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at the Brownsville, Texas, port of entry have intercepted a shipment of solid wood packaging materials from Russia that was contaminated with...
13 Jun 2013
The first major reform of regulations governing liner collusion in the Asia-Pacific is expected to be completed in the next nine months after a bill to amend New Zealand’s competition rules took another major step toward becoming law.
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