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Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Ramin Toloui will be leaving the Department and returning to his teaching position at Stanford University.
Several countries, including China, Indonesia, and India among others, strongly supported the African Group’s proposal on “policy space for industrial development- advancing WTO Committee work to support structural transformation and industrial development in developing countries” during the WTO’s General Council meeting last week, said people familiar with the discussions.
India continues to take the position that the Investment Facilitation Agreement for Development Agreement cannot be part of the World Trade Organization’s rulebook.
India reiterated its position at the General Council meeting last week, even as the United States, without joining the IFDA, supported its integration into Annex 4 of the Marrakesh Agreement, said people familiar with the development.
Many World Trade Organization members called for preserving the two-tier dispute settlement system, including the binding Appellate Body, at the first formal meeting on dispute settlement reform, said people familiar with the discussions.
At the Head of Delegations meeting, the new facilitator, Ambassador Usha Dwaraka-Canabady of Mauritius, explained the process she will follow in the coming days and months.
Former Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) has joined Akin as a senior policy consultant in Washington, D.C.
During his tenure in Congress, Chairman Brady served as the author and driving force in the development of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), which is set to expire at the end of 2025, as well as a key leader in the negotiation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement..
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is renewing the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for Vessel Cargo Test, a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test concerning ACE export manifest capability.
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