The first-ever dispute settlement panel under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s novel rapid-response labor mechanism has sided with Mexico, concluding that the panel does not have jurisdiction to rule on a labor dispute that predates the agreement’s entry into force, the Mexican government announced on Friday.
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The interim final rule is aimed at “making it harder for criminals, terrorists, and cartels to get their hands on U.S.-made firearms,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said.
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“To tie things more tightly among the three countries that are working together to ensure resiliency of supply, we need to be part of that agreement.”
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World Trade Organization members on Friday welcomed the ambassador from Mauritius as the new facilitator of the dispute settlement reform talks as negotiators push to conclude a package of reforms – including what to do about the non-functioning Appellate Body – by the end of this year.
House Ways & Means trade subcommittee Chair Adrian Smith (R-NE) is hoping to table new legislation in the near future to revive the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill, his office said on Thursday -- but he will first gather feedback on a proposal to eliminate finished goods from the program.
Kenya hopes to conclude Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations with the U.S. and begin implementing the deal this year, the country’s president said on Thursday.
A new U.S. paper calling for World Trade Organization discussions on the interoperability of trade-related climate measures has received a mixed response from other members in Geneva, with several citing carbon pricing as a particularly challenging issue.
Chinese officials have acknowledged concerns voiced by the U.S. and others about overcapacity in green technology industries, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said this week, though Chinese government officials contend the world needs China’s production to fuel a more climate-friendly economy.
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The European Union at the World Trade Organization this week “sharply” criticized a U.S. countervailing duty investigation into imports of an industrial chemical from Germany, arguing it improperly targets the bloc’s Emissions Trading System.
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Governments should target incremental progress in international fora to rein in trade-distorting industrial subsidies, which have become a mainstay in an international trading system increasingly focused on industrial policy, two former trade ministers said this week.
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Domestic manufacturers are calling on the Commerce Department to initiate antidumping and countervailing probes into imports of solar cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, the latest step in a years-long effort by U.S. producers to counter what they say are unfairly traded imports by Chinese-owned and headquartered companies.
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The U.S. will be watching “with interest” the European Union’s newly launched investigation into Chinese procurement practices for medical devices, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Wednesday, calling the bloc’s new procurement instrument a tool that has the potential to help tackle “unfair” Chinese policies.
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A dispute between the U.S. and Mexico over how to remediate worker rights’ violations at a Mexican call center could shed light on how the Biden administration plans to enforce developing trade arrangements with other partners, former Assistant U.S.
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The Biden administration should consider whether it could use the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to “shock” Mexico into doing more to stem the flow of fentanyl across the border, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) suggested this week – securing a pledge from Attorney General Merrick Garland that he would consider it.
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has hired a House Ways & Means Committee trade adviser to serve in the new position of chief textiles and apparel negotiator, the agency announced.
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USTR labor advisers: U.S. must do more to hold industry feet to the fire
In crafting a supply chain resilience strategy, the U.S. must hold large corporations accountable – with “clear carrots and sticks” – in advancing U.S. economic security interests and workers’ rights, a group of senior labor advisers to the U.S. Trade Representative argued this week.
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EU criticizes U.S. countervailing probe at the WTO; U.S. knocks Chinese overcapacity
The European Union at the World Trade Organization this week “sharply” criticized a U.S. countervailing duty investigation into imports of an industrial chemical from Germany, arguing it improperly targets the bloc’s Emissions Trading System.
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U.S. companies seek AD, CV duties on solar imports from four countries
Domestic manufacturers are calling on the Commerce Department to initiate antidumping and countervailing probes into imports of solar cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, the latest step in a years-long effort by U.S. producers to counter what they say are unfairly traded imports by Chinese-owned and headquartered companies.
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USTR removes Uzbekistan, the Dominican Republic from Special 301 IP watch list
Uzbekistan and the Dominican Republican have been dropped from the “watch list” of countries the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative says maintain lax intellectual property protections and enforcement practices, according to the agency’s annual Special 301 Report published on Thursday.
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