American manufacturers, farmers, and workers are losing ground every day to foreign competitors who cheat their way into the U.S. market through customs fraud schemes including transshipment, undervaluation and misclassification, and our enforcement infrastructure has not kept pace with the scale of the problem.
This week, CPA and the Alliance for Trade EnforcementNOW sent a letter to the House Judiciary Committee urging passage of the PAIL Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would strengthen the Department of Justice’s enforcement against trade-related crimes.