Webinar: Doing business in the United States: import customs issues
- Schulz Trade Law
- Sep 1, 2024
- 2 min read

Webinar
Doing business in the United States: What you need to know about import customs issues
Embracing Global Markets Webinar Series
The webinar series ‘Embracing global markets’ supports European small and medium sized enterprises and start-ups to innovate and expand in Asia, Africa and the Americas. The webinars are hosted by experts of various European Commission services and the 'Enterprise Europe Network', the world's largest business service provider.
Who should attend?
The webinar aims at European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups (ready to scale internationally), beneficiaries or holders of the European Innovation Council's seals of excellence, European clusters and cluster managers, business advisers of the Enterprise Europe Network and other European business support organisations, and all stakeholders of the ‘Friends of EEN’ initiative.
Objectives for import customs
This webinar will be an update on the state of transatlantic trade import customs issues and what you need to know about recent trade policy changes, including topics like:
joint EU & US efforts in the context of the Trade & Technology Council; legal impediments to transatlantic trade incl. An update on duty/and tariff regimens, increased customs enforcement, issues related to extraterritorial jurisdiction, sanctions update
the current state of Supply chain, remaining challenges, new sourcing patterns (near-shoring / reshoring), congestion at ports, other bottlenecks such as the relocation of vessels and containers, the cost and lack of warehouses interplay, managing rate volatility, picking partners
new developments in Trade Law, how trade agreements affect nearshoring trends, Trade restrictions, incl. what exporters need to know now about the Steel & Aluminum (232) and the Section 301 tariffs, along with complications that companies face by secondary sanctions
tips and ways to manage trade compliance in common sectors (food, technology, chemicals, medical devices)
things you need to know to ensure a smooth path through customs for specialty products

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