This seminar, led by Mr. Delbyck, coincides with January 20th, the start of Trump’s second term as US president, with a vow to increase tariffs on goods from China and other countries. Other trade actions that will negatively impact companies selling to the US are likely in store.

Mr. Delbyck is a US customs and trade lawyer with his own practice in Hong Kong. He represents companies at all points in the supply chain — factories, trading companies, buying agents and importers. He has spoken on supply chain issues and written widely on the same.

Mr. Delbyck’s presentation could not be more timely. He discussed the various strategies that companies could deploy to mitigate this imminent harm, including utilizing country of origin rules to their advantage and adopting the duty reduction arrangement known as first sale. He also addressed what this all meant to shipping patterns in terms of finished goods as well as components.

今次由Delbyck先生主講的聯辦研討會剛與特朗普開始他的第二個美國總統任期同樣在1月20日。特朗普誓言要提高美國對來自中國和其他國家的商品徵收的關稅，而其他或會對銷往美國的公司造成負面影響的貿易措施也可能即將到來。

Delbyck先生是一位美國海關和貿易律師，在香港擁有自己的律師事務所。他代表供應鏈 各環節的企業， 包括工廠、貿易公司、採購代理商和進口商等，曾就供應鏈議題發表演講和撰寫文章。

恰逢其時， Delbyck先生在研討會上探討企業可以採取的各種策略，來減輕這種迫在眉睫的損害，例如利用原產地規則為自己謀利，以及採用被稱為「首次銷售」的關稅減免安排，亦闡述這對成品和零件的運輸模式的具體影響。