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On April 3, 2025, the Trump Administration announced the America First Trade Policy Report, a 24-chapter document addressing U.S. trade imbalances, non-reciprocal practices, and national security concerns. The reports themselves were not made public, rather the White House released a brief summary of the report, noting that chapters include reviews of unfair foreign trade practices, renegotiation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), and assessments of foreign currency manipulation and existing trade agreements.
President Trump has signed an Executive Order directing the Secretary of Commerce to initiate a Section 232 investigation under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 into the national security implications of U.S. reliance on imported processed critical minerals and their derivative products.
Customs and Border Protection will host the 2025 Trade and Cargo Security (TCS) Summit in New Orleans, LA, on May 6-8, 2025.
The 2025 TCS Summit will be open for the public to attend in person …
Seven Republican senators have sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick urging the Trump administration to withdraw the Biden-era Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Rule (AIDR). The senators argue that the rule, which imposes tiered restrictions on global access to U.S. AI technology, threatens American innovation and global competitiveness while failing to adequately counter China’s ambitions.
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, has called on the Department of Commerce to immediately block exports of Nvidia’s H20 and other advanced AI chips to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), citing national security concerns and reports of undue influence in the administration’s export control decisions.
Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth raising concerns over the national security implications of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs. Shaheen warned that tariffs imposed on imports from nearly every country risk undermining the Department of Defense’s purchasing power, weakening industrial supply chains, and driving up costs for defense contractors—particularly small businesses.
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