CBP redeploying officers to Southern border, expect long delays (From CBP)
Last week, CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan was in El Paso for a press conference announcing the agency’s plan of redirecting CBP officers to the southern border to assist border patrol agents with the increase of border crossings into the U.S. According to CBP, border control resources are currently beyond capacity. In March, the number of illegal or between border crossings reached one-hundred three thousand, eclipsing the previous high-water mark of eighty-nine thousand set between March of 2008-2009. Southern border CBP staff is overwhelmed, and DHS Secretary Nielson has called for CBP’s assistance in dealing with the crisis. To date, CBP has redeployed five hundred forty-five officers to assist. If more assistance is needed, CBP has stated they will begin pulling from U.S. airports. If this extends beyond thirty days, some officers will be “refreshed” from the border and some will be “refreshed” from the airports.” As for airports that would be affected, CBP said the largest percentage of their officers are in international airports and that all gateway airports would be impacted. These deployments mean both passenger and cargo wait times are significantly increasing all along the border, in some cases going from a few minutes to over seven hours. According to CBP, the wait times will continue to lengthen. As stated before, passenger wait times are also much longer than normal… CBP acknowledged that all southwest cargo ports are being impacted. The option is available to direct to other ports, but all will see an expected wait time increase. This deployment will affect outbound as well, as there is far fewer staff overall. This will continue until border crossings decrease.
Tariffs Up to 100 Percent Possible on $11 Billion in Imports from EU (From Sandler Travis)
The Trump administration is threatening to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on goods imported from the European Union as early as this summer in a long-running dispute over aircraft subsidies. A preliminary list of goods that could be affected covers every major product group and there is a May 28 deadline for comments on this list. Importers of affected goods should accelerate efforts to mitigate the impact of any potential tariff increase, such as working to have their products omitted from the final list or considering alternative sourcing locations. Comments on these issues are due by May 28. USTR is also holding a hearing May 15 in Washington, D.C., and requests to appear at this hearing are due by May 6. For more info, please go to
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