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The Long-Standing Waiver for Manufactured Products from FHWA’s Buy America Requirements is Phasing Out

Amidst the flurry of tariff threats swirling around the world, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is terminating the waiver known as the Manufactured Products General Waiver from the Buy America requirements found in...more

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Industrials Regulatory News and Trends - February 2025

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Welcome to Industrials Regulatory News and Trends. In this regular bulletin, DLA Piper lawyers provide concise updates on key developments in the industrials sector to help you navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and...more

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FHWA Rescinds Longstanding Buy America Waiver for Manufactured Products

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On January 14, 2025, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced a new final rule to end its longstanding waiver of Buy America requirements for “manufactured products” used in Federal-aid highway projects....more

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FHWA Rescinds Longstanding Buy America Waiver for Manufactured Products

On January 13, 2025, the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued a final rule terminating a long-standing exception to “Buy America” domestic content requirements for manufactured products used in agency-funded...more

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FHWA Rescinds Longstanding Buy America Waiver for “Manufactured Products”

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WHAT: On January 14, 2025, less than a week before President Biden left office, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published a final rule updating its Buy America rules to rescind...more

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Federal Highway Administration Rescinds Longstanding Waiver for Manufactured Products

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On January 14, 2025, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced the end of its general waiver of Buy America requirements for manufactured products. The new FHWA rule aligns the FHWA requirements for manufactured...more

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FHWA to Eliminate Buy America Manufactured Products Waiver for Federally-Assisted Highway Projects

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On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued a final rule discontinuing its longstanding Buy America waiver for manufactured products used in...more

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Foley Automotive Update - August 2024 - 2

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A number of auto suppliers are reducing R&D and engineering budgets in response to cost pressures, according to a report in Crain’s Detroit. Declining automotive plant capacity utilization in the U.S. is expected to be a...more

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Foley Automotive Update - January 2023 - 2

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This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - Foley & Lardner LLP Partner Nicholas Ellis is quoted in the Automotive...more

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Foley Automotive Report - June 2022 - 2

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Foley & Lardner launched a Supply Chain Disruption Series to help clients navigate a range...more

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Biden Administration Releases Six American Manufacturing and Supply Chain Reports

On February 24, 2022, the Biden Administration announced the release of six executive-branch reports and a White House “capstone” report pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 14017 on America’s Supply Chains (February 24, 2021),...more

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Biden Administration Releases Industrial Base Reports

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Reports identify weaknesses and introduce plans to strengthen certain critical supply chains - On February 24, 2022, the Biden Administration released a Plan to Revitalize American Manufacturing and Secure Critical Supply...more

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Biden Administration Announces Significant New Initiatives to Support Clean U.S. Manufacturing

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On February 15, 2022, the Biden Administration announced significant new initiatives to advance cleaner manufacturing sectors in the United States. These actions will support U.S. climate goals, competitiveness in the...more

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Foley Automotive Report - January 2022 - 2

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - Although some feared a wave of pandemic-related Chapter 11 cases, the...more

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Foley Weekly Automotive Report - December 2021 - 3

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - Foley & Lardner partners assessed the recent federal appeals court...more

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Bottlenecks and Supply Constraints - U.S. DOT Comment Period Ends in One Week

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Supply chain disruption is a global pandemic era challenge that will continue to grow in impact for the near-term future. The scope of supply chain challenges extends from low supply and lack of transportation capacity to the...more

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Foley Weekly Automotive Report - October 2021

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key developments - U.S. new light-vehicle sales in September are forecast to reach a...more

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Foley Weekly Automotive Report - September 2021 - 5

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key developments - LMC Automotive revised its global light vehicle forecast to 80 million...more

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Foley Weekly Automotive Report - August 2021 - 2

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - U.S. new light vehicle sales in July fell to an estimated SAAR of 14.5...more

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Foley Weekly Automotive Report - July - 2

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - Production downtime during July and August has been scheduled for five GM...more

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Foley Weekly Automotive Report - June 2021 - 3

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - The latest “Car Wars” report from BofA predicts automakers will launch...more

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Foley Weekly Automotive Report - April 2021 - 4

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Due to the semiconductor shortage, Stellantis will reduce shifts through the end of May at...more

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DOT Inspector General Finds “Challenges” in Achievement of FAA’s Safety Mission

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The Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) relies on the mantra “safety is our business, our only business” where, for example, justifying changes in aircraft flight paths over heavily populated residential communities. But...more

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New PHMSA Lithium Ion Battery Rule Seeks Harmony in the Safe Skies

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Safety hazards presented by the air transportation of lithium ion batteries are once again the subject of regulatory action in the United States. The U.S. DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)...more

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Navigating the Road Ahead … Are You Ready?

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Current trends show that technological advances and changing consumer behavior will result in mass market adoption of electric and autonomous vehicles within 10 years. To enable this reality and provide certainty for...more

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