Category: Blog Articles
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Copper Tariffs: Initiation of Section 232 Investigation
President Trump has initiated an investigation into copper for the implicit purpose of considering whether additional trade actions, such as…
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Canada-Mexico Tariffs to be Imposed, China to Increase on March 4?
pic.twitter.com/14olbRC9xR — GreatLakesCustomsLaw (@customsattorney) February 27, 2025
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USTR Seeks Comments on Unfair Trade Practices
The United States Trade Representative, in a new Federal Register notice, is seeking comments to help it identify unfair trade…
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Cash seizure at Detroit Metro Airport in January 2025
In our 15 years of helping people with cash seized by Customs, we have determined that, among all the ports…
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Fair and Reciprocal Trade Executive Order
New Executive Orders regarding trade, for now, let them speak for themselves. Additional information and commentary will be added to…
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Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariffs (2025)
Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 authorizes the President to impose tariffs on imports that the Secretary…
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President Trump increases tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China
[lastupdate] UPDATE: China tariffs of 10% have been imposed (and de minimis is duty free for a limited time), however,…
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Detroit Customs Cash Forfeiture Notices: January 24, 2025
Every Friday, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) publishes a notice of intention to forfeit any property that has…
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Trump’s “America First Trade Policy” Executive Order
President Trump has signed an executive order entitled “America First Trade Policy,” which requires various departments and the USTR to…
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CBP San Ysidro discovers $44k in cash hidden in food bag
The San Ysidro Port of Entry is the busiest land border crossing in the Western Hemisphere, processing tens of millions…
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Detroit CBP Confiscated $459,000 from 25 Travelers in October
In October 2024 — the first month of CBP’s new fiscal year — Detroit customs officers seized $42,000 from two…
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Penalties for Christmas
CBP officers at the port of Louisville, Kentucky, inspected some packages arriving from China. The packages were destined for Arizona,…
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Trump’s Tariffs: Predictions and Strategy
We recently added a detailed page — Trump Tariff Strategy: When and How Duties Can Be Imposed — that goes…
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Detroit CBP Cash Seizures For November Currency Reporting Violations
Detroit CBP had a busy November 2024, reporting large currency seizures at Detroit Metro Airport, the Ambassador Bridge, and the…
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Philly Failure to Declare $80 in Luxury Purchases – 19 USC 1497
CBP has publicized a violation of 19 USC 1497, a law which requires all arriving travelers to the United States…
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Detroit CBP Money Seizure Roundup for September
CBP in Detroit has continued to log large money seizures for smuggling, structuring, and failing to report (on form FinCen…
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Texas CBP seized $79K in hidden cash currency at Hidalgo Bridge
A failure to understanding customs regulations can result in the failure to declare cash when traveling into or out of…
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Section 301 tariffs to increase
Today, the USTR published a Notice of Modification of Actions, certain tariffs set to increase on September 27, 2024, with other…
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Dulles CBP Seizes $90K in Cash from 5 people: August 2024
The latest CBP money seizure news publicized comes to us from Dulles airport (again). In the story below, CBP seized…
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Detroit CBP Cash Seizure Summer Round-up
CBP in Detroit has continued to log large cash seizures for smuggling, structuring, and failure to report (on form FinCen…
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Philly CBP Seizes $36K in Cash
In Philadelphia, CBP officers seized $36,000 in cash from a man returning from a trip to Lebanon. The full story…
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New Section 301 (China) Tariff Rates and Exclusions Request for Comments
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) made public a “Request for Comments” after the report on the 4-year review of…
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Section 301 Duties to Increase from 2024 to 2026
UPDATE 9/13/24: Notice of Modification of Actions, certain tariffs set to increase on September 27, 2024, with other increases to…
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CBP Hauls in Big Cash Seizures in Detroit
CBP in April and May continue to log huge cash seizures from arriving and departing traveler’s at the Port of…
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Detroit Cash Seizures at Ambassador Bridge & Detroit Metro Airport in March 2024
CBP officers in Detroit had their own version of March madness, when they seized around $370,000 total in cash from…