The Biden administration has finalized guidance on electric vehicle tax credit rules crafted to lessen dependencies on China, adding a minerals tracing test and easing a rule for graphite as producers adjust their supply chains.
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The trip will include a stop in Angola “to meet with officials and potential buyers focused on the Lobito Corridor,” a G7 infrastructure project.
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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 U.S. and Taiwan on Friday concluded a “productive” round of talks on agriculture, labor and the environment under their bilateral Initiative on 21st-Century Trade, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
Just a couple months after the World Trade Organization’s 13th ministerial conference wrapped up, a group of trade ministers – or their deputies – gathered in Paris on Thursday to attempt to advance key issues, including two missed opportunities at MC13.
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A broad U.S.-United Kingdom free trade agreement might not be right for UK industries, a UK business leader said on Thursday, suggesting a more targeted, sector-based approach that prioritizes speed and efficiency could allow more companies to participate in U.S. supply chains.
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.
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.
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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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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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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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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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