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	- Category: Ask Camelot
 
	- Category: Customs
 
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		- It’s not the Golden Rule anymore
 
		- Beware the “change of banking details” email.  It might be a fraudulent message.
 
		- Ron Jacobsen on drawback:  Does it make sense for my company?
 
		- International Trade Resources For Importers and Exporters
 
		- When is an ocean contract really a contract?  Turns out, pretty much never.
 
		- The Importance of CTPAT Membership
 
		- Illinois Use Tax on Imports
 
		- Another month, another GRI.  This time, with a twist.
 
		- Surcharges By Forwarders Are Overcharges To Importers
 
		- What carrier optimism looks / feels like, courtesy of Maersk:
 
		- Raise your hand if you didn’t see this coming.
 
		- Tentative six-year deal reached in OCU strike at Los Angeles and Long Beach ports
 
		- Possible strike in India (again)
 
		- ILA talks break down: JOC article
 
		- The reason we’re so picky about hazardous materials
 
		- An untapped resource in manufacturing:  Women
 
		- Billy.  (Or: People within three decades of me have no business leaving early)
 
		- Your China Labor Graph of the Day
 
		- Taking time to stop, look and listen
 
		- Research indicates US manufacturers looking to repatriate 20% of capacity
 
		- WCA Sino Americas Meeting Report
 
		- $5.2 million verdict against a truck broker and driver in negligent hiring case
 
		- Canadian Pacific (CP) railroad stopped due to strike, imports and exports to and from Canada affected.
 
		- Company fined $450,000 for selling Chinese-made goods to the US government in violation of TAA.
 
		- CBP Announces Two New Centers for Excellence
 
		- China expecting power shortages this summer:  It’s about the infrastructure
 
		- CBP and EU conclude sharing agreement for CTPAT and AEO
 
		- Willis Marine reports continued low cargo insurance prices for shippers
 
		- Verizon offers new international rate plans, but still not great
 
		- “Ahoy, Captain Ahab, seen any whales?” “Let me check my Whale Alert app…”
 
		- U.S. – Colombia Free Trade Agreement takes effect May 15, 2012
 
		- Serious air freight project cargo: Space shuttle edition
 
		- Camelot attending and blogging from NCBFAA Conference
 
		- Duty Drawback:  It’s a hot topic lately
 
		- Evergreen Announces Ship Purchase
 
		- Chicago Infrastructure Bank To Launch
 
		- 2012-2013 TPEB Rates
 
		- India JNPT update
 
		- Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.  Carriers announce ANOTHER rate increase before May 1 renewals
 
		- White House Creates Trade Enforcement Center
 
		- CBP Trade Statistics for FY 2011
 
		- CBP stepping up exams in three primary focus industries
 
		- Carriers announce slight increase in Q2 BAF on TPEB
 
		- American Shipper isn’t burying the lede
 
		- Doing more with less:  CBP Los Angeles says don’t wait for new facilities, additional staffing
 
		- Madison International Trade Association:  NAFTA
 
		- Air Cargo Advanced Screening (ACAS) Meeting in Chicago
 
		- So, you want to be a Customs broker?
 
		- Shipments to Argentina Require Pre-Departure Approval
 
		- Business Traveler Tip:  Airbnb
 
		- Air Cargo Screening: ISF for Air Freight?
 
		- Boy those PIIGS are hungry
 
		- Summary of the 111th Congress
 
 
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	- Category: Ron Jacobsen
 
	- Category: Transportation
 
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