Offering years of experience in customs and international trade law and a deep understanding of global supply chains

The Suarez Firm helps clients take the risk out of international commerce. After a dramatic shift in U.S. trade policy, importers have felt the pain of extra tariffs and uncertainty in their international business. The Suarez Firm helps clients understand what to expect next and to adjust their business transactions to minimize costs and mitigate the risk of penalties or other enforcement actions by customs authorities.

Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

UPDATED APRIL 8, 2018 Steel and Aluminum TariffsInterim Final RuleSetting forth Requirements for Requests for Exclusions And Objections thereto In two separate Presidential Proclamations dated March 8, 2018, President Trump fulfilled his promise to impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum (imports from Canada and Mexico were…

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Evelyn Suarez To Speak at AAPA’s 2018 Spring Conference, March 20-21 in Washington, D.C.

From the American Association of Port Authorities: AAPA Features Trade Policy for the Americas at the 2018 Spring Conference! Trade policy will be featured of the opening afternoon of AAPA’s 2018 Spring Conference, March 20-21 in Washington, D.C. …

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Save the Date: Trade and Jobs Event March 6

Evelyn Suarez will be speaking at the upcoming Trade and Jobs: Exploring the Global Value Chains event on March 6, 2018, in Washington DC.The global value chains (GVCs), which encompass all activities involved in the production of goods and services on a global scale, have…

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Where Would The US Be Without Its Free Trade Agreements?

Behind the International Trade Eight Ball, That’s WhereThis article by Leila Aridi Afas and Evelyn Suarez first appeared in Global Trade Magazine on September 12, 2017.Where would the United States be without its Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)? The short answer is left behind. We will…

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TFA will take political will and private participation

This article by Evelyn Suarez first appeared on May 9th at Adam Smith Project. WTO’s trade facilitation deal has sweeping potential but needs public and private buy-in    It was big news, at least in international trade circles, when after 10 years of negotiations, the World Trade Organization finalized…

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