A think tank with roots in libertarianism that now supports a carbon tax warned that members of Congress who want to pass a carbon border adjustment tax without a domestic carbon tax face more than just litigation at the World Trade Organization.
Jane Hartley, U.S. ambassador to the U.K., this week said the U.S. could do more "smaller" things to develop the trade relationship with the U.K. rather than tackle a broader free trade agreement. The "time frame of the political calendar," more so in the U.S. than across the pond, and broader challenges, both policy-wise and temporally, may restrict the development of a larger deal, she said during an interview with Bloomberg TV.
A former Office of the U.S. Trade Representative career negotiator and a former Trump administration trade adviser say that even if the U.S. is not going to reenter into a tweaked Trans-Pacific Partnership -- as they advised in an earlier think tank piece -- the U.S. needs to take trade negotiations in Asia more seriously to not get left behind.
The Drug Enforcement Administration is finalizing changes to its regulations on quotas for controlled substances and the list I chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine. DEA’s final rule defines "the types of quotas, update the method to abandon quota, clarify the current language to ensure that both manufacturers and distributors are required to obtain certification of a buyer’s quota, reduce overall inventories, formalize the existing practice of use-specific subcategories for individual manufacturing and procurement quotas, and modify existing deadlines to fix/issue quotas," the agency said. It also implements legislative changes to the Controlled Substances Act. The final rule takes effect Nov. 29.
Connecticut-based electronics manufacturer Hubbell Inc. accused freight forwarder DSV of violating U.S. shipping regulations by failing to provide the required service under a negotiated contract, Hubbell said in an Aug. 28 complaint to the Federal Maritime Commission. The manufacturer also accused DSV, headquartered in Denmark, of assessing $900,000 in overbilled or “improper” charges.
Researchers at the Center for Strategic and International Studies expect the U.S. will get "a taste of its own medicine” when China appeals its loss over Section 232 retaliatory tariffs at the World Trade Organization, adding that China likely won't have to drop the tariffs since there is no appellate body to take that appeal.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is issuing a final rule listing the South Sierra and South Coast distinct population segments of the foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana boylii), a stream-dwelling amphibian from Oregon and California, as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, and the North Feather and Central Coast distinct population segments of the species as threatened. The listings for the North Feather and Central Coast groups include a 4(d) rule for this species that prohibits importation and exportation without a permit. New import and export restrictions set by the agency’s final rule take effect Sept. 28.
The Federal Communications Commission is proposing a "voluntary cybersecurity labeling program" for Internet of Things (IoT) devices that would provide "easily understood" and "accessible information" to consumers about the security of their IoT devices, the agency said.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is issuing a final rule listing the sand dune phacelia (Phacelia argentea), a plant species from coastal southern Oregon and northern California, as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The listing includes a 4(d) rule for these species that prohibits importation and exportation without a permit. New import and export restrictions set by the agency’s final rule take effect Sept. 21.
The Drug Enforcement Administration permanently placed the synthetic benzimidazol-opioid metonitazene on Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, it said in a final order released Aug. 17. The substance had already been temporarily listed in Schedule I since 2022 (see 2204110029). The final order is set to take effect Sept. 18.