The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated May 4 with the following headquarters rulings (ruling revocations and modifications will be detailed elsewhere in a separate article as they are announced in the Customs Bulletin):
USMCA
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement is a free trade agreement between the three countries, also known as CUSMA in Canada and T-MEC in Mexico. Replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 2020, the agreement contains a unique sunset provision where, after six years (in 2026), any of the three parties may decide not to continue the agreement in its current form and begin a period of up to 10 years where USMCA provisions may be renegotiated.
James Holbein, of counsel at Braumiller Law Group, was appointed to the roster of people available to serve on the USMCA Chapter 10 panels, the firm announced in an April 20 news release. The Chapter 10 panels are established at the request of industry seeking alternative courts to adjudicate antidumping and countervailing duty matters.