Regulation & Compliance

Don’t Let 2022 Harmonized Schedule Updates Slow Your Supply Chain

February 8, 2022

The Harmonized Schedule is commonly referred to as our industry’s “universal language.” Its logical and systematic format is not only the basis for identifying goods and their corresponding duties and taxes, but is also for devising trade policies, monitoring controlled goods, developing specific rules of origin, determining freight rates, analyzing transportation statistics and more. Don’t let the 300-plus updates to the schedule in 2022 slow down your supply chain.

Ottawa Declares Emergency After Trucker Protests Spin ‘Out of Control’

February 6, 2022

Bloomberg

Canada’s capital city remained under a state of emergency Monday as police tried to rein in protests against vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions.

Biden Order Will Aim to Raise Wages for Infrastructure Jobs

February 4, 2022

Bloomberg

President Biden will require large federal infrastructure projects to use project labor agreements, a collective bargaining measure the administration says will tilt the rules toward companies with higher-paid workers.

Vaccine Requirements for Non-U.S. Truckers Threaten Further Snarls at Southern Border

February 4, 2022

Helen Atkinson, Senior Editor

A new U.S. requirement that went into effect January 22 requires any essential workers crossing the border into the U.S. to be vaccinated. And that includes truckers.

Bipartisan Ocean Shipping Overhaul Introduced in U.S. Senate

February 3, 2022

Bloomberg

The first major update of U.S. international ocean-shipping laws in more than two decades has been introduced in the Senate, a significant step toward passage after passing the House with bipartisan support in December.

Biden’s Electric Vehicle Plan Faces Jam From Cultural Divide

February 3, 2022

Bloomberg

President Joe Biden wants electric vehicles to account for 50% of new car sales by 2030. But to meet that target he may have to sell the cars to a skeptical demographic: Donald Trump voters.

VIDEO

Watch: Are Businesses Living Up to ESG Requirements?

February 3, 2022

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

A review of how good a job companies are doing in adhering to their promises in the areas of environmental, social and governance (ESG), with two attorneys from Crowell & Moring LLP.

GOP Opposition in House Puts U.S.-China Competition Bill at Risk

February 2, 2022

Bloomberg

Growing Republican criticism risks complicating passage of a once-bipartisan bill intended to make the U.S economy more competitive, saying it goes too easy on China even as it aims to aid the domestic semiconductor industry.

Vaccine Protest Snarls Canada-U.S. Border Crossing for Fifth Day

February 2, 2022

Bloomberg

Two lanes of traffic have reopened at one of Canada’s busiest border crossings five days after a group of vehicles blocked the highway to protest vaccine mandates for truckers.

VIDEO

Watch: Time for a Fresh Commitment to ESG

February 1, 2022

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Amy Brachio, global business consulting leader with EY, explains why companies must move forward now with policies to ensure compliance with environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements.