Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) reintroduced legislation to combat the spread of foreign animal diseases entering the United States. The Healthy Dog Importation Act would …
The Agriculture Department’s Foreign Agricultural Service announced yesterday it is seeking participants for a two-city trade mission to Japan. The June 5-8 trade mission will offer US agribusinesses the potential to increase or expand their sales to Japan, one of the United States’ top five agricultural export markets, according to FAS. Participants will travel to Tokyo and Osaka, connecting with potential customers and learning first-hand from government and industry leaders about local market conditions. FAS staff in Japan will arrange meetings between US businesses.
Geneva – The new chair of the Doha rules negotiations on fisheries subsidies Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson of Iceland yesterday delivered an upbeat assessment on the “second wave” of …
The lead lawmakers on the Congressional-Executive Commission on China introduced legislation Friday that would revoke the diplomatic immunities and privileges granted to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices (HKETO).
The United States and its allies are announcing additional sanctions on Russia this week to “seek justice for the war crimes and crimes against humanity continuing to be committed by the Russians,” President Biden said, and Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo previewed the sanctions in remarks to the Council on Foreign Relations.
The heads of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence are calling on the Administration to expand the use of existing tools and authorities to prevent China’s military industrial complex from benefitting from US technology, talent and investment.
The Administration must ensure full implementation on US export controls on China, according to House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and committee member Rep. Michael Lawler (R-NY).
The House Foreign Affairs Committee plans to hold a hearing next week to “identify gaps” in US policy on countering China, including export controls.
Reuters news service reported that the Biden Administration has decided not to overrule a U.S. International Trade Commission decision that could block imports of Apple Inc’s Apple Watches for infringing AliveCor Inc patents related to heart monitoring, AliveCor said Tuesday.
President Biden believes the US-China phase one trade deal negotiated by the previous Administration was a failure, according to his spokeswoman. “Phase one did not work. It did not have a …
Geneva (via Washington Trade Daily) – Canada has tabled a proposal at the World Trade Organization to ensure that governments do not “use personal information obtained to discriminate …
The top US and Vietnamese trade officials plan to hold a meeting of the bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement this year in order to intensify trade discussions. There has not been a TIFA …
Geneva (via Washington Trade Daily) – The United States has rejected a request from the Russian Federation to participate in the consultations of the ongoing World Trade Organization trade …
Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has expedited the processing of export licenses related to Turkish and Syrian relief efforts, including waivers for aissistance to …
The National Security Division of Justice and the Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) are joining with the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and 14 U.S. Attorneys’ …
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement requires each Party to prohibit the importation of goods into its territory from other sources produced in whole or in part by forced or compulsory labor, …
While the Mexican government announced last week it will not forbit the import of GMO corn for animal feed and industrial use, it continues to ban its use as human food, along with the herbicide …
President Biden announced plans to build out a nation-wide network of electric vehicle charging stations that will require the purchase US-manufactured chargers. “Effective immediately, all EV …
A group of Congressional Democrats is calling on the Commerce Department to prevent funds intended to promote semiconductor manufacturing in the United States from being used to directly or …
China touted its own sanctions blacklist, placing Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Missiles & Defence to China’s “Unreliable Entity List” over their participation in arms sales to …
