We are pleased to announce that DTL President Jennifer Diaz was recently featured in International Trade Today.
The article walks through what importers should do to prepare themselves for any outcome as the legal fate of tariffs remains unclear.
Below are a few snippets from the piece. Read the full article on ITT here.
“As importers await a decision from the higher courts on the legality of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, importers should hedge themselves against any outcome, according to Jen Diaz, president of Diaz Trade Law, who was speaking on an Aug. 11 podcast hosted by the Global Training Center.
‘We’ll find out how this all pans out. But for right now, if you want to be safe and not sorry, get ACE, monitor liquidations, file a protective protest and ask for AFR [application for further review] to get this to stall out as long as possible until the pendency of litigation,’ Diaz said, adding that it would be helpful if CBP could indicate how importers can protect themselves and what actions CBP might take regarding reimbursement should the lawsuit go in favor of the importers.”
“Protecting the importers’ interests in this trade environment is key because, as the White House prioritizes and beefs up trade enforcement to protect U.S. interests, what’s happening now is that importers are getting more alerts of non-compliance instead of requests for more information before Customs officially takes action, according to Diaz.
‘We’re seeing more of Customs either taking action or leading straight to letters of investigation and getting straight into enforcement, or not sending the requests for information and straight rejecting the shipments,’ Diaz said. These observations also came from talking with others in the trade at a recent conference, according to Diaz.
‘Basically, Customs is using its administrative tools to proactively enforce immediately, versus retroactively, versus letting trade flow and facilitating the importations and then reviewing the importations,’ she continued.
As the trade awaits the outcomes of the importers’ lawsuits against the IEEPA tariffs, importers should undertake a number of measures to ensure compliance, she said.
Importers should monitor their bond coverage since there have been reports that CBP has been issuing bond insufficiency notices amid the higher tariffs, according to Diaz. Another possibility is to consider segregating potential liability by getting a separate bond for something like antidumping coverage.
‘So, checking out your bond amount and knowing when your bond time frame begins and ends, and proactively looking at your next 12 months, I think is a really smart thing to do right now, given higher tariffs in place for everyone,’ Diaz said.”
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