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Hot Topics in International Trade - April 2025 - Lessons from the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act of 1930

The various tariffs that President Trump has imposed since retaking office are based on delegated authority found in several existing statutes. But a century ago, tariffs were primarily the purview of Congress. One of the...more

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National Security: Trump Orders Review of Export, Supply Chain, ‘Reverse CFIUS’ Rules

Several of President Donald Trump’s initial actions — from an executive order instituting a new artificial intelligence (AI) policy framework, to those directing the use of the U.S. military to provide border security, the...more

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ML Strategies Outlook for 2024

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Congress — Big Agenda & Little Time - With the holidays behind us, Congress returned this week for the second half of the 118th Congress with a long list of items to address and, as the 2024 campaign season ramps up, limited...more

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What to Know About the New Artificial Intelligence Executive Order

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President Joe Biden on Oct. 30, 2023, signed an expansive, 111-page Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (EO) in response to the administration's growing concerns...more

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Window on Washington – Vol. 6, Issue 18

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. Both chambers are in session this week. Senate Democrats plan to vote on abortion rights legislation later this week, though the bill is fully expected to fail given...more

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Key Takeaways | Commercial, Legal and Policy Responses to Commerce’s Anticircumvention Investigation

The US Department of Commerce (Commerce) recently initiated a circumvention investigation against solar cell and module imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. This decision has the potential to profoundly...more

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White House Announces Findings of Critical Minerals Supply Chain Review

The White House released its findings on June 8 from the 100-day assessment of critical supply chains. In general, the report identified immediate and longer-term actions to bolster domestic manufacturing of critical goods,...more

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Biden Orders Reviews of Critical Supply Chains

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On Wednesday, February 24, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order (Order) directing a series of reviews of global supply chains - the latest government effort to create more resilient and secure supply chains for...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.13.2020 | Top Story: US Jobless Claims Fall Slightly, But Central Bankers Warn Against Complacency

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Thursday’s unemployment figures showed technically falling claims (down to 723,000 new claims for state benefits) but “remained above records set in previous recessions,” as the number of “laid-off and furloughed workers...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.28.2020 | Top Story: Big Tech CEOs to Face Senators Today Over Section 230 and Content Monitoring

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A handful of tech’s biggest leaders—the CEOs of Facebook, Twitter, and Google, to be precise—descend upon the Hill today for a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on content monitoring and Section 230, the “slim and powerful...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – September # 18

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In Washington: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin were unable to come to an agreement on a coronavirus relief deal after meeting Wednesday afternoon. The Speaker says the House will...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – August 2020 # 12

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In Washington - The threat of a partial government shutdown and the 30 Sept budget deadline might force negotiations on the next coronavirus relief bill back on track. Congress must pass a continuing resolution to keep...more

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Commerce Dept. Petitions FCC to Issue Rules Clarifying CDA Section 230

The currents around the Communications Decency Act just got a little more turbulent as the White House and executive branch try to reel in the big fish of CDA reform. On July 27, 2020, the Commerce Department submitted a...more

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New year presents new opportunities in federal budget cycle

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Congressional appropriations serve as a potent tool to guide administrative actions in commerce and trade Before departing in the final days of 2019, Congress passed a bipartisan spending package amounting to US$1.4...more

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Congress Passes Bipartisan Robocall Legislation

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On December 19, 2019, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act (S. 151), which the House of Representatives passed in a 417-3 vote earlier...more

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The Latest in the EU’s Post-Safe Harbor Era

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In light of the EU’s destruction of the Safe Harbor that we’ve previously discussed in this blog, we take the opportunity to update with the latest from EU Commissioner, Vera Jourová, who, in an address to the EU Parliament’s...more

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EU and U.S. Reach “Umbrella Agreement” on Data Transfers

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The EU and U.S. reached an agreement on Tuesday (9 September) which will enable the two sides to exchange personal data during criminal and terrorism investigations....more

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U.S. Government Approves Crude Oil Swaps with Mexico While Congress Considers Repealing the Underlying Export Restrictions

On August 14, 2015, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) indicated that it would approve a number of export license applications permitting parties in the United States to swap crude oil...more

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Energy & Environment Update - July 2015 #2

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In This Issue: - Energy and Climate - Congress - Administration - Department of Commerce - Department of Energy - Department of Treasury - Environmental Protection Agency -...more

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South Carolina Legislative Update

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The General Assembly was extremely busy this week. The House adopted a comprehensive ethics reform bill similar to the individual bills already sent to the Senate, legislation authorizing a veterans’ services study committee...more

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Energy & Environmental Update - January 2015 #3

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In This Issue: - Energy and Climate - Congress - Administration - Department of Commerce - Department of Energy - Department of Interior - Environmental Protection Agency ...more

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Energy & Environment Update - July 2014 #2

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In This Issue: - Energy and Climate Debate - Congress - Administration - Department of Commerce - Department of Energy - Department of Health and Human Services - Department of...more

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