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The European Council today adopted restrictive measures targeting the Belarusian economy, extending the export ban on dual-use/advanced goods and technologies, the measures include maritime navigation goods and technologies, and luxury goods. Also controlled are services exports, transport, and select imports from the Russian vassal state.
The regulation requires that EU exporters insert in their future contract the so-called 'no-Belarus clause', through which they contractually prohibit the re-exportation to Belarus or re-exportation for use in Belarus of sensitive goods and technology, battlefield goods, firearms and ammunition.
House Republicans’ proposed cuts to the Commerce Department’s fiscal year 2025 budget will undermine the department’s efforts to fight China’s attempts to illegally obtain US …
The proposed purchase of US Steel by Japan’s Nippon would undermine US trade enforcement, three Senate Democrats argue in letters to key Administration officials.
Sens. Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Bob Casey (Pa) and John Fetterman (Pa) raised the alarm that Nippon’s proposed purchase of US Steel would destabilize the trade enforcement system – and in the process threaten US industry, workers and national security.
While Hanoi's red carpet treatement for longtime ally Valdimir Putin spurs consternation in Washington, economic statecraft with the country's largest trading partner continues apace.
Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez met with counterparts at the first-ever 2024 U.S.-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) Economic Dialogue in Washington Tuesday
Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged foreign investors to take advantage of the Administration’s domestic investments in areas like semiconductors and clean energy technology that are making the United States an ever more attractive investment destination.
Mr. Blinken pointed to the newly-established Economic Diplomacy Action Group, that is tasked with boosting US competitiveness and attracting increased foreign investment.
Wednesday Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), United Steelworkers leadership and Cleveland Cliffs leadership called on the administration to act to stop the surge in Mexican steel imports, which has been attributed to the Chinese government routing steel through Mexico to avoid U.S. tariffs.
"The Mexican government is currently violating a 2019 agreement with the U.S. and threatening steelworkers in Ohio and around the country," according to a statement.
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