The Impact of COVID-19 on the Movement of Goods Internationally
Bribe, Swindle or Steal
Alexandra Addison-Wrage of TRACE International
4.9 • 582 Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2020
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Melissa Duffy, a partner at Dechert LLP focused on international trade matters, provides an excellent review of the current status of the movement of goods into and out of the United States by air, land and sea. Melissa also addresses relevant tariffs, including recent exemptions, and restrictions by other countries on the export of their own critical medical supplies and equipment. Melissa wraps up with some very practical strategies for companies on managing the movement of goods in these uncertain times.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the podcast, bribes, windle, or steel. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Alexandra Raggi. |
| 0:10.8 | Today we're talking about the impact of COVID-19 on the movement of goods. |
| 0:14.4 | My guest is Melissa Duffy. |
| 0:16.1 | Melissa is a partner, a Deckeret's Washington office where she focuses her practice on a broad |
| 0:20.2 | range of timely international |
| 0:21.8 | trade matters. Melissa, thank you for joining me. Thanks, Alexandra. I'm delighted to be here with you. |
| 0:27.7 | These are interesting times legally, as well as so many different ways. And there are a lot of |
| 0:33.7 | novel questions, I think. There are, indeed, and we've been watching this closely and getting |
| 0:38.6 | a lot of questions for clients. I think right now it's just a time of uncertainty, and businesses |
| 0:44.2 | are trying to plan what this is going to mean for their operations going forward. |
| 0:48.2 | I wanted to speak with you very specifically about the movement of goods in light of COVID-19. |
| 0:55.0 | And it seems to make sense to break this down, air, land, and port. |
| 0:59.0 | Why don't we start with flights, which I think are probably a little more confusing than |
| 1:03.3 | because we've heard a lot about the non-essential travel, but that doesn't apply to goods. |
| 1:07.4 | That only applies to peoples. |
| 1:08.9 | What is happening that's new or different with respect to |
| 1:13.4 | the movement of goods by air? There has been a lot of confusion around this, and part of that is |
| 1:19.2 | just due to the general, the messaging of how all of this has been conveyed to the public. |
| 1:23.7 | Basically, to be clear, there is no ban on cargo. |
| 1:28.3 | The United States does not have a ban on goods originating even from points of concern in the world, like China or Europe. |
| 1:36.3 | There are restrictions on travel, which the White House has announced in recent weeks this past month. |
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