Mara Lee, Senior Editor, is a reporter for International Trade Today and its sister publications Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. She joined the Warren Communications News staff in early 2018, after covering health policy, Midwestern Congressional delegations, and the Connecticut economy, insurance and manufacturing sectors for the Hartford Courant, the nation’s oldest continuously published newspaper (established 1674). Before arriving in Washington D.C. to cover Congress in 2005, she worked in Ohio, where she witnessed fervent presidential campaigning every four years.
Biography for Mara LeeRecent Articles by Mara LeeThe 2020 report on "notorious" world markets for counterfeit and pirated goods, published Thursday by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, focused heavily on websites and apps where one can readily download or stream pirated movies, shows, music and videogames, but also expressed renewed concern about the ease of buying counterfeit goods online based on photos of legitimate products.Read More >>
IRobot CEO Colin Angle has firsthand knowledge of the intellectual property abuses Chinese companies engage in, he testified Monday on the opening day of Trump administration hearings on the proposed List 4 Section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports. But Angle asked the administration not to impose tariffs on the robotic goods it sources from China because his firm, which employs 700 in the U.S., is satisfied with China as a manufacturing platform.Read More >>
A U.S.-China trade deal is 90 percent “done,” but the fate of post-agreement Section 301 tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese imports remains unknown, Myron Brilliant, who heads international affairs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, told reporters Tuesday. "We're getting into the end-game phase" with China, he said.Read More >>
Sourcing goods from alternative countries of origin to escape Section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports can be difficult or time-consuming, so companies increasingly are turning to other ways to mitigate the duties, said experts at a Georgetown Law workshop last week on international trade. More importers seeking to lower their exposure to the tariffs are finding that making changes in customs valuation of their goods can deliver the best bang for the buck, said Lynlee Brown, a senior manager at Ernst & Young.Read More >>
Delaying the increase to 25 percent on the 10 percent Section 301 tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports will require a “presidential proclamation” or publication of a Federal Register notice before the midnight Friday deadline to avert an automatic rate hike, emailed customs law expert Ted Murphy of Baker McKenzie Monday. President Donald Trump, for the second time since December, postponed the rate hike in a pair of tweets Sunday, citing “substantial progress” in U.S.-China trade talks (see 1902250001).Read More >>
The 2020 report on "notorious" world markets for counterfeit and pirated goods, published Thursday by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, focused heavily on websites and apps where one can readily download or stream pirated movies, shows, music and videogames, but also expressed renewed concern about the ease of buying counterfeit goods online based on photos of legitimate products.Read More >>
IRobot CEO Colin Angle has firsthand knowledge of the intellectual property abuses Chinese companies engage in, he testified Monday on the opening day of Trump administration hearings on the proposed List 4 Section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports. But Angle asked the administration not to impose tariffs on the robotic goods it sources from China because his firm, which employs 700 in the U.S., is satisfied with China as a manufacturing platform.Read More >>
A U.S.-China trade deal is 90 percent “done,” but the fate of post-agreement Section 301 tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese imports remains unknown, Myron Brilliant, who heads international affairs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, told reporters Tuesday. "We're getting into the end-game phase" with China, he said.Read More >>
Sourcing goods from alternative countries of origin to escape Section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports can be difficult or time-consuming, so companies increasingly are turning to other ways to mitigate the duties, said experts at a Georgetown Law workshop last week on international trade. More importers seeking to lower their exposure to the tariffs are finding that making changes in customs valuation of their goods can deliver the best bang for the buck, said Lynlee Brown, a senior manager at Ernst & Young.Read More >>
Delaying the increase to 25 percent on the 10 percent Section 301 tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports will require a “presidential proclamation” or publication of a Federal Register notice before the midnight Friday deadline to avert an automatic rate hike, emailed customs law expert Ted Murphy of Baker McKenzie Monday. President Donald Trump, for the second time since December, postponed the rate hike in a pair of tweets Sunday, citing “substantial progress” in U.S.-China trade talks (see 1902250001).Read More >>