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Petter Ølberg, Chair of the General Council, has informed WTO members that he has “detected convergence to initiate the appointment process for the next Director-General earlier than anticipated.”
As reported earlier, the best interests of the organization, or at least those of Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, are to get the re-nomination process far along before the arrival of a re-elected President Donald Trump. The DG's current term expires 31 August 2025.
Christopher Casey at the Congressional Research Service has prepared two factsheeets for policymakers providing a brief introduction to the Antidumping and countervailing duties process and American tariff policy.
Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen joined David Axelrod on his podcast, The Axe Files, to discuss the state of the U.S. economy, and the Administration's efforts at industrial policy.
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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has updated some of its Beneficial Ownership Information Frequently Asked Questions and issued several additional ones. The topics covered are:
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House Republican national security leadership called for the White House to expand license-free defense trade among the U.S., U.K., and Australia to ensure the success of AUKUS Pillar Two and …
The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published its second quarterly update of the boycott Requester List October 1st. This list notifies companies, financial institutions, freight forwarders, individuals, and other U.S. persons of potential sources of certain boycott-related requests they may receive during the regular course of business.
Of note, many recent reports come from customers outside the Arab world, including Japan, Brazil, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom. The greatest number of non-arab boycott requests originated in Bangladesh, Malaysia and Pakistan.
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