• US and Mexico Start Bilateral Negotiating Rounds Related to USMCA

  May 29, 2026
  Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeff Goettman of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on May 28-29 led a U.S. delegation to Mexico City for the first bilateral negotiating round related to the first Joint Review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)with Mexico which included negotiations on economic security and rules of origin for key industrial goods.
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• Customs and Cross-Border Trade Regulatory Updates of The Week

  May 29, 2026
  A summary of the latest customs and cross-border trade regulatory updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Customs Counsel firm Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg.
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• CBP Provides IEEPA Refund Update to CIT

  May 29, 2026
  Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on May 26 submitted its status update in Euro-Notions, the lead IEEPA refund case, to the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT). While the update does not provide information on subsequent phases, CBP does provide that, “approximately $85 billion in both potential and certified refunds have been accepted for processing in the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE).
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CBP Webinar: Anode Active Materials – An Overview

14 July, 2026, 1:30 PM-2:30 PM

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. ET: Anode Active Materials – An Overview – The “Anode Active Materials - An Overview” is part of the 2026 Educations Commodity Specific Webinar Series hosted by the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade. This webinar will discuss materials that are used to coat the anodes of lithium-ion batteries and discuss some recent trade related developments concerning them.

Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. ET: Beverage Drinking Vessels Confusion: Let’s Classify It! – The “Beverage Drinking Vessels Confusion: Let’s Classify it!” is part of the 2026 Educations Commodity Specific Webinar Series hosted by the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade. This webinar will focus on the correct classification of various drinking vessels that are classified in Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States headings 3924, 6912, 7323, 7615, and 9617.

Friday, July 17, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. ET: Display Devices are Getting “Smarter!” – The “Display Devices are Getting “Smarter!”” is part of the 2026 Educations Commodity Specific Webinar Series hosted by the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade. This webinar will provide an overview of the future of trade and how it impacts the tariff classification of innovative and emerging technology in flat panel display modules, wearable displays, monitors, and televisions, including how AI is transforming the future of displays. It will also provide the key difference between displays classified in headings 8524 vs. 8528, HTSUS, and case studies of the latest display technologies classified in these headings.

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. ET: You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two – The “You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two” is part of the 2026 Educations Commodity Specific Webinar Series hosted by the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade.  The webinar will cover: CBP’s definition of a pocket; a discussion of what is, and is not, a pocket; the location/placement of pockets on garments; and how these considerations can affect the proper classification of apparel.

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