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On November 7th, AIAG will gather industry professionals at Laurel Manor in Livonia, Michigan, for our first in-person North American Customs and Trade Town Hall in years. Over 200 automotive professionals will hear from top-rated government speakers on everything from USMCA relations and CTPAT to export modernization, forced labor, and more.

The dream of a modern-day seaport planner is to be handed a greenfield site for which she can design a state-of-the-art container-handling terminal from the ground up. But that’s rarely the case at major port facilities today.

On October 15, 2024, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it has opened a process for interested parties to request that certain machinery from China be temporarily excluded from Section 301 duties in the “Investigation of China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation”. Upon concluding its statutorily-mandated four-year review of the China Section 301 tariffs, President Joseph Biden directed the USTR to establish a product exclusion process for machinery from China used in domestic manufacturing and to prioritize exclusions for certain solar manufacturing equipment from China.

A contract manufacturer is riding the trend of shifting production from China to Mexico.

We’re excited to announce that our ACE Export/Import Reporting Demonstrations training is now available in a convenient virtual format, making it accessible for everyone, anywhere. Join us online to experience the same in-depth, hands-on demonstrations of ACE reporting processes, with the added flexibility to attend from your location. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your skills and stay compliant with ease—register today!

Are you ready to dive into the hot topic of fair trade and how it impacts your business? Join us at the 2024 North American Customs and Trade Town Hall on November 7, 2024, in Livonia, Michigan for an exclusive opportunity to explore this and more with industry experts.

Unsure of your plan for implementing the new APQP and Control Plan? Now’s the time to catch up and get ahead of industry changes with 20% off ALL upcoming sessions of our APQP & Control Plan Fundamentals course through year end!

Finish the year strong and set yourself up for success in 2024 with our December training classes! This is your last chance to sharpen your skills and boost your expertise before the new year. Whether you're looking to deepen your knowledge in critical areas or gain new certifications, our December sessions offer top-tier training to help you stay ahead in the industry.

The Spanish webinar recording of “IMDS as a Compliance Tool” is now available to watch for those who missed it live. Evandro Francischetti, IMDS Mexico trainer from RSJ Technical Consulting, partnered with AIAG to discuss how IMDS, the current automotive tool, is used to track materials contained in our products in a session on April 4, 2024. As a requirement through PPAP, having a proper understanding of and training on IMDS leads to good-quality data submissions.

Across the country, workers are seeing manufacturing industries drastically transform: Where jobs are located, what employment opportunities are available, which skills are needed and how workers gain those skills are all in flux.