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CBP Shifts Compliance Burden to Operators as USTR Port Fees on Chinese Ships Loom

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that new vessel fees targeting Chinese maritime interests will take effect 14 October 2025. Crucially, the responsibility for determining whether a vessel owes these fees is placed on operators, not CBP. Read more.

Global Regulators Hone in on Web Cookie Misuse — Tips for Compliance

Regulatory bodies across the EU, UK, and beyond are intensifying their enforcement of cookie and tracking rules. The push is driven by growing concerns over user privacy, transparency failures, and misuse of cookies. Read more.

Neat Achieves TAA Certification, Moves to Serve U.S. Federal Market

Neat has earned Trade Agreements Act (TAA) certification, qualifying its hardware (e.g. Neat Board Pro, Neat Pad) for U.S. federal procurement. TAA compliance boosts trust and opens doors to contracts with federal agencies, defense, and public institutions. Companies entering or scaling in the U.S. government space should view TAA (and related procurement standards) as a strategic differentiator Read more.

🧠 Expert Take

Culture needs to be part of their dashboards and that intentionality from the board really sort of came out as a strong signal. That as a board, it can be a powerful signal to drive accountability from management in this way. Marsha Ershaghi Hames, Tapestry Networks.

🧰 Compliance Toolkit

China’s New AI Models & Cross-Border Risks

China’s rapid progress in artificial intelligence, led by models such as DeepSeek, is reshaping the global compliance environment. While these systems are developed at lower cost and at high speed, they raise new regulatory questions for organizations competing internationally.

• China’s AI model DeepSeek emerges at lower development cost; intensifies competition.

• Export controls, cybersecurity laws, ethical AI rules, data localization vary sharply across jurisdictions.

• Recommendation: build modular compliance frameworks, engage legal/tech teams early, and maintain monitoring across markets

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