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Pre-Conference Workshops
Workshop A — The Nitty Gritty of UFLPA Compliance: Due Diligence, Supply Chain Tracing and Compliance Programs From A to Z
Nov 6, 2023 9:00am – 12:30 PM
Speakers

Thomas Cook
Managing Director
Blue Tiger International

Tammy Hetrick
Senior Trade Advisor
A.N. Deringer

Su Kohn Ross
Partner
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Theresa Campobasso
Senior Vice President of Strategy, Government Solutions
Exiger
Workshop B — A Practical Guide to Managing A CBP Audit From Start to Finish: A Deep Dive Amid a Surge in CBP Audits, Detainment and Seizure of Goods
Nov 6, 2023 1:30pm – 05:00 PM
Speakers

Aaron Gothelf
Principal Counsel – Global Trade
The Walt Disney Company

Kelly Raia
Chief Operating Officer
Blue Tiger International

Patrick Togni
Partner
King & Spalding
Day 1 - Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Day 2 - Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Day 1 - Tuesday, November 7, 2023
7:30 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:45 |
Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks![]() Cindy Allen ![]() Ted Murphy |
9:00 |
Fireside Chat with the U.S. CBP’s Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner John Leonard![]() John Leonard Moderator:![]() Ted Murphy |
9:30 |
21st CENTURY CUSTOMS FRAMEWORK OUTLOOKAn Update on CBPs 21st Century Customs Framework (21CCF)![]() Megan M. Giblin ![]() Shoshana Grove ![]() Kathryn Wilkins ![]() Garrett Wright Government and industry come together for this session that will provide an outlook on what’s coming down the pike around the progress of government and industry 21CCF efforts to simplify, secure, and enhance 21st century trade. |
10:30 |
Extended Networking Break |
11:00 |
The Future of Forced Labour EnforcementDovetailing Global Forced Labor Requirements: Integrating a Jurisdictional Mix of Forced Labor Rules into an Effective Import Compliance Program![]() Nicole Bivens Collinson ![]() John Foote ![]() Brian Hoxie ![]() Erika Peters How do multinational importers navigate compliance around a complicated landscape of forced labor laws? This panel will explore critical topics, including:
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12:00 |
UFLPA and the forced labour presumption: Hypothetical ScenariosA Closer Look At The Presumption of Forced Labor And How To Rebut It: An Updated Blueprint To Resolving The Most Complex, High Stakes UFLPA Dilemmas![]() Aaron Gothelf ![]() Anne Marie Lacourse ![]() Darlene Enlow ![]() Richard A. Mojica Building on the pre-conference workshop, this interactive session will zero in on the most pressing challenges and how to resolve them in real-life. Topics will include:
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1:00 |
Networking lunch |
2:15 |
THE FUTURE OF US-CHINA TRADE RELATIONSInsights into the Present and Future of U.S.-China Trade Relations and Tariffs![]() Brooks Allen ![]() Jake Parker ![]() John Pickel Moderator:![]() Alaina Van Horn
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3:15 |
Incoterms in practice: Case studies Hypothetical scenarios and audience pollingAvoiding Incoterm Pitfalls to Achieve Seamless Global Sourcing: Navigating Risks, Ensuring Clarity, and Optimizing Contractual Trade Relations![]() Tom Gould ![]() Thomas Cook ![]() George Tuttle, III This session explores the top pitfalls that practitioners should avoid when applying confusing and often contradictory Incoterm trade rules.
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4:15 |
Networking Break |
4:30 |
GOVERNMENT PROCURMENT AND COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ISSUESBAA, TAA, IRA, CHIPS Act and More! An Overview of the Most Significant Country of Origin (COO) Requirements![]() Carol Anderson ![]() Richard M. Wortman ![]() Neena Shenai
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5:15 |
Close of Day One |
Day 2 - Wednesday, November 8, 2023
7:30 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:45 |
Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks![]() Cindy Allen ![]() Ted Murphy |
9:00 |
CONGRESSIONAL TRADE AGENDACustoms Modernization: What is Congress’s Role in Trade Policy? The Future of GSP, MTB, AGOA and Other Programs![]() Alexandra Whittaker |
9:30 |
HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO PLANNING AND AUDIENCE POLLINGClassification, Valuation and Country of Origin Determinations: Duty Savings, The Fallback Method, and AI in HTS![]() Kelly Herman ![]() Kelly Guzman ![]() Joel Rogers ![]() David P. Sanders
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10:30 |
Networking Break |
10:45 |
FLETF FIRESIDE CHATFLETF and the UFLPA: Looking at Industry Cooperation and Inter-Agency Coordination One Year Back, One Year Forward![]() Tasha Hippolyte Moderator:![]() Beth Neitzel |
11:15 |
AUDIENCE POLLING AND HYPOTEHTICALSImport Compliance Best Practices and Lessons Learned![]() Kelly Herman ![]() Jean-Rene Broussard During this session, speakers share their most recent compliance challenges and how they resolved them. This discussion will engage both the speakers and the audience, so please bring your questions! |
12:00 |
Networking Lunch |
1:15 |
INTERVIEWTSA’s NEW Cargo Certified Screening Program (CCSP) Program
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1:45 |
AD/CVD ENFORCEMENTImproving Enforcement and Administration of Trade Remedies: Commerce’s Proposed Regulations and Updates on Section 201, 232 and 301 Proceedings![]() Scott McBride ![]() Nithya Nagarajan ![]() Cindy Owens ![]() Lian Yang The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) proposes to amend its regulations to enhance, improve and strengthen its enforcement of trade remedies through the administration of antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) laws. In this proposed rule, Commerce would revise many of its procedures, codify many areas of its practice, and enhance certain areas of its methodologies and analyses to address price and cost distortions in different capacities. During this session, learn more about the status of this new development and Section 201 and 232 litigation, as well as the impact of the Section 301 tariffs and EAPA investigations |
2:30 |
Networking Break
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2:45 |
TRADE-RELATED FALSE CLAIMS ACTFCA Cases Involving Customs Violations: Case-to-Case Variations and Common Missteps Leading to Penalties![]() Jeremy Page ![]() Tirzah Lollar ![]() Richard B. Roper ![]() Olga Torres ![]() Shara L. Aranoff On February 7, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that settlements and judgements under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) exceeded $2 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The 2022 fiscal year also had the second-highest number of settlements and judgments for any given year in FCA history. How can importers avoid costly FCA penalties and build such measure into their existing import compliance programs?
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3:30 |
SECTION 337/ITC UPDATE PROPOSALSChina, Section 337, and Mitigating Unfair Trade Practices![]() Rob Atkinson ![]() Dax Terrill Over the past decade, there have been several proposed tweaks to Section 337, or the ITC more generally, to address alleged non-practicing entity abuse of the ITC or alleged unfair trade practices implemented by China. What can be added to the Section 337 toolkit to reinvigorate its power to squelch unfair Chinese trade actions?
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4:15 |
End of Conference |
Workshop A — The Nitty Gritty of UFLPA Compliance: Due Diligence, Supply Chain Tracing and Compliance Programs From A to Z

Thomas Cook
Managing Director
Blue Tiger International

Tammy Hetrick
Senior Trade Advisor
A.N. Deringer

Su Kohn Ross
Partner
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Theresa Campobasso
Senior Vice President of Strategy, Government Solutions
Exiger
What is it about?
Where does industry grasp of the UFLPA stand? What can importers expect around enforcement headed into 2024? Through in-depth discussion and hypothetical scenario planning, this workshop will give you the best chance to benchmark your UFLPA compliance program against your trade compliance peers and will offer you a chance to question the experts in a smaller-group workshop setting.
Topics will include:
- Supply chain tracing information
- Evidence pertaining to merchandise or any component thereof
- Evidence pertaining to miner, producer, or manufacturer
- Requesting an exception to the rebuttable presumption
- Due diligence system information
- Supply chain tracing information
- Supply chain management measures
- Ramped-up enforcement: The nuts and bolts of responding to CBP audits and wider U.S. government engagement efforts
- Increased focus on auto and aluminum sectors
- The UFLPA Region Alert: Increasing detection and enforcement mechanisms used by CBP to more actively enforce the rebuttable presumption
- U.S./Japan task force promoting international labor standards in supply chains
- Expansion of CTPAT and other voluntary supply chain compliance programs
- Understanding forced labor related revisions for both CTPAT Security and CTPAT Trade Compliance
- Hypothetical UFLPA compliance scenarios
Workshop B — A Practical Guide to Managing A CBP Audit From Start to Finish: A Deep Dive Amid a Surge in CBP Audits, Detainment and Seizure of Goods

Aaron Gothelf
Principal Counsel – Global Trade
The Walt Disney Company

Kelly Raia
Chief Operating Officer
Blue Tiger International

Patrick Togni
Partner
King & Spalding
What is it about?
- Audit Notice and Process
- CBP questionnaires eliciting information about internal procedures
- CBP entry conference to discuss audit purpose, scope and duration
- Estimating audit duration
- Types of taxes and transactions to be examined
- Auditing specific focus areas
- Tariff classification
- Valuation
- Country of Origin
- Filing a Prior Disclosure (PD) to obtain legal protection if penalties are found at commencement of audit
- Focused Assessment Audits
- Pre-Assessment Survey (PAS)
- Sufficiency of internal controls through review of entry records
- Review of select ledger accounts and foreign vendor payments
- Drafting the results and assessment of conclusions
- Assessment Compliance Audits
- Identifying areas of non-compliance risk and audit sampling
- Reevaluating compliance of each control sample
- Calculating loss of revenue
- Obtaining a “ruling” from CBP regarding the admissibility of your goods
- Quick Response Audits
- Interviews and walkthroughs of selected customs entries to understand the import process
- CBP reports with their determination of areas with acceptable/unacceptable transaction risk
- Audit Surveys
- Quickly and efficiently obtaining onsite information about import activities relative to a specific trade area or issue
- Issuing of a final audit report
- No determination of acceptable/unacceptable transaction risk or level of compliance
- CBP Audit Closing Conferences
- If found non-compliant, creating a plan outlining corrective measure to increase compliance