International Trade

CBP officers make massive methamphetamine seizure commingled in shipment of carrots

International Trade

AJOT | Top Story | March 20, 2024

CBP officers make massive methamphetamine seizure commingled in shipment of carrots

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers (CBP) at the Otay Mesa Commercial Facility interdicted packages of methamphetamine concealed within a shipment of carrots.

.POST Registry announces trademark sunrise period for businesses worldwide to protect their brand’s online identity

AJOT | March 20, 2024 | International Trade

.POST offers global companies an exclusive opportunity to protect trademarks and secure online presence.

Thailand mulls ban on corn imports from neighbors to tackle smog

Bloomberg | March 20, 2024 | International Trade | Commodity

China, Australia face tricky diplomatic road after trade row

Bloomberg | March 20, 2024 | International Trade

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Trump tariff threat: Another reason why US shippers are moving cargo early in 2024

AJOT | March 20, 2024 | International Trade

“I don’t know if you could call it an early peak season, but certainly everybody has moved their shipping schedules up,” Jon Monroe, President, Jon Monroe Consulting, tells the latest episode of The Freight Buyers’ Club.

China’s exports of graphite for batteries rise from December low

Bloomberg | March 20, 2024 | International Trade | Commodity

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Asia’s biggest cocoa grinder hunts for beans amid supply panic

Bloomberg | March 20, 2024 | International Trade | Commodity

Guan Chong Bhd., one of the world’s biggest cocoa processors, is scouting for beans worldwide as bad weather and disease pummeling crops in top West African growers send prices to a record.

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USTR announces fiscal year 2024 allocation of additional tariff-rate quota volume for raw cane sugar

AJOT | March 19, 2024 | International Trade | Commodity

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) today announced the allocation of an increased quantity of raw cane sugar eligible to enter the United States at the lower duty rate under the World Trade Organization (WTO) tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 (October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024).

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Cocoa crunch is most painful in Europe as new rules bite

Bloomberg | March 19, 2024 | International Trade | Commodity

Surging cocoa prices are being felt most in Europe, the world’s biggest chocolate consuming region, as new sustainability rules threaten to exacerbate a shortage of beans.

CPA welcomes steel union petition to open Biden Administration investigation into Chinese shipbuilding

AJOT | March 19, 2024 | International Trade

Secretary Raimondo leads successful Presidential Trade and Investment Mission to the Philippines, President’s Export Council trip to Thailand

AJOT | March 19, 2024 | International Trade

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Top treasury official stresses US ambitions for Africa’s metals

US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo used a five-day trip to South Africa to advertise his country’s ambitions of securing supplies of the metals needed for the global energy transition — materials that abound in Africa.

Neither Biden nor Trump will end US protectionism, Le Maire says

Bloomberg | March 19, 2024 | International Trade

CBP intercepts 27 smuggled Amazon parrots at the Nogales, Arizona Port of Entry

International Trade

AJOT | Top Story | March 19, 2024

CBP intercepts 27 smuggled Amazon parrots at the Nogales, Arizona Port of Entry

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and agriculture specialists at the Area Port of Nogales have made a significant seizure of protected birds.

EU, Philippines announce restart of free trade talks

Bloomberg | March 19, 2024 | International Trade

AMLO prepares to take over Vulcan property in Mexico’s Mayan Riviera

International Trade

Bloomberg | Top Story | March 19, 2024

AMLO prepares to take over Vulcan property in Mexico’s Mayan Riviera

The Mexican government is preparing to take control of a quarry and port owned by Vulcan Materials Co. on the nation’s Caribbean coast after years of negotiations failed to produce a deal to buy the property, according to people familiar with the plans.