New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) could soon sign or veto the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act. The Senate delivered S-6953 to the governor on Tuesday, starting a 10-day shot clock for Hochul to decide on the bill, or it would become law automatically.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer signaled that the Trump administration is preparing a broad overhaul of key parts of the USMCA, focusing on changing non-automobile rules of origin to incentivize U.S. production.
As Chinese auto manufacturers establish outposts in Mexico, U.S. importers will need to ensure that those Chinese manufacturers don't have ties to forced labor situations in the Xinjiang region, supply chain data visibility provider Kharon said in a recent brief.
The U.S. filed a supplemental brief on Dec. 3 urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to affirm a Montana court's decision to transfer a group of tribal members' tariff lawsuit to the Court of International Trade. The government said the plaintiffs will be able to fully adjudicate their claims at the trade court and that the 9th Circuit can't review the Montana court's transfer order, since it's not a final order nor an "immediately appealable collateral order" (Susan Webber v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 9th Cir. # 25-2717).
Consumer advocates released a model bill on AI chatbots Tuesday that aims to address growing privacy concerns around the technology. Consumer Federation of America, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Fairplay have already shared the "People-First Chatbot Bill" with lawmakers in several states and plan to talk to more legislators soon, EPIC counsel Kara Williams told Privacy Daily.
Charter, Cox and a number of groups supportive of the MVPDs’ $34.5 billion merger blasted a petition to deny the deal in replies filed in FCC docket 25-233 last week. The petition (see 2511190049) from Public Knowledge, the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society and the Center for Accessible Technology used old data and ignored the competitive landscape for MVPDs, said filings from the Free State Foundation, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Center for American Rights, the League of Latin American Citizens and others. The petition’s “portrayal of Charter and Cox as dominant Internet access ‘gatekeepers’ simply does not match today’s marketplace realities,” said a joint filing from the companies.
Plaintiffs in the massive Section 301 litigation "have every intention" to appeal their case challenging the lists 3 and 4A Section 301 tariffs on China to the Supreme Court, Matt Nicely, lead counsel for the companies, told the Court of International Trade during a Nov. 4 status conference.
Former trade officials said the Trump administration's tariff policy in Asia is being tested by China’s concern over recently completed U.S. tariff arrangements with Malaysia and Cambodia, which could complicate the administration’s push to wrap up deals with Vietnam and Indonesia.
National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) voiced concerns about a planned Senate Intellectual Property Subcommittee hearing Tuesday on whether to levy a performance royalty on stations playing music on terrestrial radio, saying Thursday that the meeting “could be used to conflate” that issue and expected congressional action on the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act (HR-979/S-315). Congressional leaders scrapped a bid to attach a previous version of the measure to a continuing resolution to extend federal appropriations last year after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., pressed to simultaneously add the American Music Fairness Act, which would institute a terrestrial performance right (see 2412180033).
Plaintiffs in the massive Section 301 litigation "have every intention" to appeal their case challenging the lists 3 and 4A Section 301 tariffs on China to the Supreme Court, Matt Nicely, lead counsel for the companies, told the Court of International Trade during a Nov. 4 status conference.