Partners of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) convened in Detroit Saturday to affirm their commitment towards achieving inclusive economic growth, sustainable clean economies, …
Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco delivered remarks at the celebration of the International Criminal Police Organization's (INTERPOL) 100th anniversary, praising its "century of transnational …
Today, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, and the Australian Minister for Trade and Tourism, Don Farrell, held the second Ministerial meeting of the U.S.-Australia Strategic Commercial …
Global research and advisory firm Gartner Inc. has agreed to a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over charges alleging violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA). The charges pertained to Gartner's business dealings with the South Africa Revenue Service (SARS), which allegedly involved corrupt practices to secure multi-million dollar contracts.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned four entities and one individual involved in obfuscated revenue generation and malicious cyber activities that support the North Korean government.
The two-day meeting of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ministers responsible for trade concluded in Detroit this afternoon without agreement on a joint statement. Support was unanimous among the 21 APEC ministers on the bulk of the language contained in the statement, but China and Russia refused to sign on to a paragraph condemning Russia’s war in Ukraine.
As part of the ongoing US-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) , the United States has presented several texts concerning agriculture, anti-corruption, micro-, small- and …
By an overwhelming margin of 400 to 5, the House yesterday approved legislation (HR 1156) requiring the Treasury Department to report on the exposure of the United States to China’s financial …
The United States is once again using the rapid response labor mechanism under the US-Mexico- Canada Agreement to protect workers' rights at a Mexican facility. Washington is asking Mexico to review whether workers at a Goodyear SLP facility in the state of San Luis Potosi are being denied the rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining.
On Thursday, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao in Washington, DC. Their discussion encompassed several aspects of the U.S.-China trade relationship, including potential areas of cooperation and the overall trading environment.
Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) voted in favor of policy proposals designed to combat the ongoing Uyghur genocide and enhance Taiwan's deterrence. The Wednesday adoption of these policy proposals comes on the heels of a March hearing featuring a survivor and witness to the ongoing Uyghur genocide by the CCP. The committee also held an April wargame highlighting the severe consequences of a deterrence failure in the Indo-Pacific.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), an arm of the Political-Military Affairs Bureau of the Department of State, has invited public comments from registered members engaged in …
Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite Jr., head of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) criminal division, reports an increase in corporate disclosures following the implementation of new incentives for self-reporting earlier this year.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee, under the leadership of Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), advanced H.R. 1042, the Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act, in a markup session on Thursday. The bill, introduced last month by Rodgers and Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), Chair of the E&C Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, seeks to ban fuel imports from Russia in a bid to decrease America's dependence on Russian nuclear fuels.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo) – along with every Republican member on the panel, have introduced legislation that would impose a reciprocal tax on any foreign …
Argentina has initiated a dispute with the United States through the World Trade Organization (WTO), challenging the U.S. anti-dumping measures on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) originating from …
The Subcommittee on Trade of the House Ways and Means Committee met Thursday to begin the “first review of customs operations and regulation in 30 years,” though mostly to address the ongoing debate surrounding de minimis, the “Amazon Loophole” where low value imports receive duty free treatment.
The leaders of the official Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) from the G7 countries — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America — gathered in Rome on May 16th for a meeting hosted by SACE, the Italian ECA.
The Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control yesterday announced a $3.3 million settlement with Murad LLC and a $175,000 settlement with a natural US person for violations of US sanctions on Iran.
President Biden announced his intent to nominate former Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, to be the US representative Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
