A proposed rule issued yesterday by the Agriculture Department contains new regulatory requirements aimed at better aligning the voluntary “Product of USA” label claim with consumer …
Senate Foreign Relations Committee leaders are proposing the creation of a permanent US mission for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to help counter China’s influence in the region.
US and Brazilian trade officials are planning to revitalize the bilateral Agreement on Trade and Economic Partnership.
The US trade deficit rose to $68.3 billion in January, a $1.1 billion increase over the $67.2 billion recorded in December. Vietnam clocked in with the third largest single-country trade deficit at $8 billion, edging out Germany, Japan and Canada.
Washington and Ottawa are applying pressure on Mexico to permit broader geneticaly modified seed sales, as well as to encourage the liberalization of Mexican energy markets.
The White House immediately endorsed a bipartisan Senate bill introduced Thusday to prevent national security risks posed by technology services from companies like China’s TikTok, which is increasingly being banned from government smartphones.
Following through on their commitment to “work collectively on further measures on Russian diamonds,” made after last month’s G-7 Summit, US and European Commission officials met …
Two leading senators are calling on the Administration to press the European Union on the discriminatory aspects of EU digital regulations that they say target a handful of US companies.
President Biden’s $6.9 trillion fiscal year 2024 budget request puts an emphasis throughout on out-competing China by increasing investments in domestic manufacturing and infrastructure, while maintaining a strong US presence in the Asia Pacific.
“China is the United States’ only competitor with both the intent to reshape the international order and, increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to do it,” according to the President’s introduction to his budget.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental body that establishes international standards for anti-money laundering, suspended Russia from its ranks, citing the Russian Federation’s "actions unacceptably run counter to the FATF core principles aiming to promote security, safety, and the integrity of the global financial system.” The FATF also issued long-awaited guidance for members to implement its Recommendation 24, requiring countries to ensure that competent authorities have access to adequate, accurate and up-to-date information on the true owners of companies.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released the 2023 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community. The report highlights the vulnerabilities of supply chains and cyber infrastructure to adversaries, as well as some under appreciated environmental, demographic and domestic political threats.
Our friends at Sandler Travis & Rosenberg report CBP is now detaining PVC products such as vinyl flooring under the UFLPA and asking importers to trace these items back to their originating chemicals such as chlorine, carbon, and ethylene.
While the UFLPA specifies tomatoes, cotton and polysilicon as high‑priority sectors for UFLPA enforcement, according to detention notices CBP issues with regard to potentially violative goods, PVC has been added as a sector of concern after aluminum was added in October 2022.
Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod reviewed his team's initiatives in the Research Community in a March 8th speech to the Academic Security and Counter Exploitation Program’s Seventh Annual Seminar.
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against and a settlement with global mining and metals company, Rio Tinto plc, for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) arising out of a …
The Administration – for the seventh time – invoked the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s rapid response labor mechanism, this time over whether workers at an American facility …
The first hearing held by the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party capped a day of activity by House lawmakers focused on China, including approval of a raft of China-focused bills by the Financial Services and Foreign Affairs Committees.
The Washington Tariff and Trade Letter introduces a web-based format for easier review, research and sharing. Clicking on a story in the newsletter will now bring you to the full text on our new web site. A .pdf version of the newsletter is available below. For any questions about website access and your subscription, please contact us at Info@TradeRegs.com – Or call the Editor, Frank Ruffing, at +1.703.283.5220
The Washington Tariff and Trade Letter introduces a web-based format for easier review, research and sharing. Clicking on a story in the newsletter will now bring you to the full text on our new web site. A .pdf version of the newsletter is available below. For any questions about website access and your subscription, please contact us at Info@TradeRegs.com – Or call the Editor, Frank Ruffing, at +1.703.283.5220
The Washington Tariff and Trade Letter introduces a web-based format for easier review, research and sharing. Clicking on a story in the newsletter will now bring you to the full text on our new web site. A .pdf version of the newsletter is available below. For any questions about website access and your subscription, please contact us at Info@TradeRegs.com – Or call the Editor, Frank Ruffing, at +1.703.283.5220
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released his interpretation of data on licensing outcomes from the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) …
