INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW
International Trade Law Articles
Customs classification, export controls, sanctions, and the compliance work that keeps cross-border business moving.
426 articles
Restricted Party Lists: A Screening Guide
A restricted party list is a government list of individuals, companies, and organizations that U.S. persons are barred or limited from doing business with. …
Sanctions Compliance for Nonprofits & NGOs
A nonprofit or NGO needs an OFAC sanctions compliance program for the same reason a bank does: U.S. sanctions law applies to it, and the penalties do not care …
Sanctions Compliance in Cross-Border Deals
Sanctions compliance in a cross-border transaction comes down to one discipline: know every party, jurisdiction, good, and currency in the deal before any money …
Sanctions Compliance in International Trade
To keep an international trade transaction sanctions-compliant, you screen every party to the deal, confirm the jurisdiction and end use are not restricted, …
Sanctions Compliance in Joint Ventures & Partnerships
In a joint venture, sanctions liability is shared — each partner can be held responsible for transactions the venture makes with a blocked person, even without …
Sanctions Compliance in Shipping & Logistics
Shipping and logistics companies manage sanctions risk by screening every link in a voyage — the vessel, its flag, its owners and operators, the cargo, and the …
Sanctions Compliance Training: A Practical Guide
Effective sanctions compliance training teaches the specific people who touch customers, payments, and shipments how to recognize an OFAC red flag and exactly …
Sanctions Due Diligence in High-Risk Jurisdictions
Sanctions due diligence in a high-risk jurisdiction means verifying — before you transact — that no party, owner, or destination in the deal is blocked, and …
Sanctions Risk Assessment: A Practical Guide
A sanctions risk assessment is a structured review of where your business is most likely to touch a sanctioned party or jurisdiction — so you can size your …
Sanctions Screening: Clients, Vendors & Partners
Sanctions screening is checking the people and companies you do business with against U.S. government blocked-party lists before money or goods change hands. It …
Secure Freight Initiative: Container Scanning Explained
The Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) was a U.S. government pilot program, launched in 2006, that tested whether 100% of U.S.-bound shipping containers could be …
Tariff Classification: How to Classify US Imports
Tariff classification is the process of assigning each imported product a code in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) — the code that …
Temporary Importation Under Bond (TIB) Guide
A Temporary Importation under Bond (TIB) lets you bring goods into the United States without paying duty — provided they are not imported for sale and you …
The Destination Control Statement: How to Comply
A Destination Control Statement (DCS) is a short anti-diversion notice you put on the commercial invoice telling your buyer that the goods are export-controlled …
U.S. Import Labeling Requirements: A Legal Guide
Every U.S. import faces two layers of labeling rules: a baseline country-of-origin marking requirement that applies to nearly all foreign goods, plus …
U.S. Munitions List (USML): An Exporter's Guide
The U.S. Munitions List (USML) is the catalog of defense articles, defense services, and related technical data that the U.S. government controls for export …
Voluntary Self-Disclosure of Export Violations
A voluntary self-disclosure (VSD) is the act of reporting your own export violation to the government before it finds out — and done right, it is one of the …
What Is an Importer of Record (IOR)?
The importer of record (IOR) is the party legally responsible to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for an import — for declaring the goods correctly, paying …
Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties: Cheatsheet
Anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) are extra U.S. import duties that offset two specific unfair-trade problems: foreign goods sold here below fair …
Anti-Dumping Duties: How the U.S. Process Works
Anti-dumping duties are extra U.S. customs duties charged on imported goods that a foreign producer sells in the United States below “fair value,” …
