Alexander H. Schaefer

Customs Proposes Regulations to Allow Offsets of Duty Overpayments in Audits and Disclosures
John B. Brew, Daniel J. Cannistra, Alexander H. Schaefer, November 6, 2009
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently announced proposed amendments to its regulations to allow for sampling and offsetting of underpayments with overpayments in CBP audits and prior disclosures. 74 Fed. Reg. 53,964 (October 21, 2009). For years CBP and importers have used sampling in...

USTR Invites Public Comments on 2008 Import Statistics and Review of Country Practice Petitions under the Generalized System of Preferences Program
John B. Brew, Alexander H. Schaefer, March 27, 2009
Summary: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has announced that calendar year 2008 statistics relating to competitive need limitations (CNLs) under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program are now available online.

Deadline for Costa Rica to Join CAFTA-DR Extended
Daniel J. Cannistra, Alexander H. Schaefer, John B. Brew, Nicole M. Jenkins, September 20, 2009
On August 2, 2005 the United States-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) was signed into law in the United States. CAFTA is a regional free trade agreement (FTA) among seven signatories (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the...