Establishing Enhanced Collection and Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties and Violations of Trade and Customs Laws
Executive Order 2017-06967
|Signed on April 1, 2017
45th Presidency
What it means
Strengthens enforcement against companies that evade import duties. The order requires enhanced security deposits from high-risk importers and develops strategies to combat trade law violations, especially focusing on counterfeit goods and intellectual property protection.
Expected impact
- Better protection for American businesses against unfair foreign competition
- Increased collection of the $2.3 billion in unpaid antidumping and countervailing duties
- Enhanced ability for U.S. Customs to share information with intellectual property rights holders to combat counterfeit goods
- Higher priority for federal prosecutors to pursue significant trade law violations
- More effective interdiction of illegally imported merchandise