Stakeholders are cautioning the Bureau of Industry and Security against requiring Infrastructure-as-a-Service providers to verify the identities of foreign customers, arguing that privacy-related concerns about a developing cloud-computing rule will make U.S. businesses less competitive abroad.
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The Computer and Communications Industry Association says the proposed measure “is a classic example of a foreign government proposing to discriminate against U.S. employers and exports.”
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“The United States is among Kenya’s largest trading partners and Kenya is one of Africa’s most dynamic economies, boasting a top utilization rate of U.S. market access under the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
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The Commerce-backed Indo-Pacific Partnership for Prosperity was founded to bring together “public, private and non-profit leaders dedicated to promoting opportunities to support pillars II-IV.”
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“Our bipartisan legislation will help defund Russia’s war machine, revive American uranium production, and jumpstart investments in America’s nuclear fuel supply chain,” Sen. John Barrasso said.
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Mexico has not demonstrated that its restrictions on genetically engineered corn are rooted in valid food safety concerns, the U.S. says in a new submission to a U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement dispute settlement panel, charging that the country failed to conduct a risk assessment before implementing the measures and is relying on “dubious” studies to defend them.
Two House lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill that would require the Energy Department to establish a system to trace critical materials in battery supply chains, including data on the origin of various inputs and their environmental impact.
House Oversight and Accountability Chair James Comer (R-KY) this week said the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative did not provide an adequate response to an earlier request for information related to the agency’s digital trade rethink, leading him to request a “transcribed interview” with a USTR official on the issue.
Seven Senate Democrats, including three gunning for re-election in swing states, are urging the Biden administration to maintain or increase tariffs on goods from China.
House Republicans and Senate Democrats have advanced competing proposals for the next farm bill, with funding for Agriculture Department trade-expansion efforts among the key differences.
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Deputy U.S. Trade Representative María Pagán will represent the U.S. at a mini World Trade Organization ministerial in Paris on Thursday on the sidelines of an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development gathering.
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s decision to withdraw support for digital trade proposals at the World Trade Organization contradicts the Treasury Department’s goals in international tax negotiations, several Republican members of the House Ways & Means Committee charged this week.
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The White House is finalizing a review of tariffs imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, sources say, with stakeholders expecting the results to be issued as early as this month as the administration considers the political implications of tariff changes.
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Non-market practices in India and China and non-tariff barriers in the European Union are hurting U.S. rice exports, representatives from the U.S. rice industry told the U.S. International Trade Commission on Tuesday, warning that the situation is likely to worsen.
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Two U.S. Chamber of Commerce representatives laud some “pro-trade and pro-growth” elements of the bill but balk at a “problematic” USMCA expansion pathway.
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is evaluating whether higher tariffs and updated regulations recently issued by Mexico could help address Washington’s concerns that third-country producers are routing steel and aluminum products through the country to evade U.S. tariffs, according to a senior USTR official.
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is evaluating whether higher tariffs and updated regulations recently issued by Mexico could help address Washington’s concerns that third-country producers are routing steel and aluminum products through the country to evade U.S. tariffs, according to a senior USTR official.
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Sources: White House putting final touches on Section 301 tariff review
The White House is finalizing a review of tariffs imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, sources say, with stakeholders expecting the results to be issued as early as this month as the administration considers the political implications of tariff changes.
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GOP Ways & Means members: USTR digital policy at odds with OECD talks
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s decision to withdraw support for digital trade proposals at the World Trade Organization contradicts the Treasury Department’s goals in international tax negotiations, several Republican members of the House Ways & Means Committee charged this week.
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Senate Democrats urge Biden to maintain or boost tariffs on Chinese goods
Seven Senate Democrats, including three gunning for re-election in swing states, are urging the Biden administration to maintain or increase tariffs on goods from China.
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House, Senate farm bill proposals differ on funding for market-access programs
House Republicans and Senate Democrats have advanced competing proposals for the next farm bill, with funding for Agriculture Department trade-expansion efforts among the key differences.
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