Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met with Trade Minister Hagiuda Koichi Nov. 15, and talked about strengthening supply chains, export controls and cooperating on digital technologies -- and talked about how to cooperate to confront excess capacity in steel and aluminum. Japanese exports of steel face a 25% tariff in the U.S., and after the U.S. agreed to tariff rate quotas on steel with Europe, Japan asked to get a similar deal.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices Nov. 15:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices Nov. 8:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices Nov. 3:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices Nov. 2:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices Nov. 1:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices Oct. 27:
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs recently began a review of a Commerce Department interim final rule to remove some general approved exclusions, it said in a notice. Commerce determined that some GAEs approved in December (see 2012100047) last year "did not meet the criteria for inclusion as a GAE and should therefore be removed," it said. Commerce previously said it planned to make the changes in its regulatory agenda (see 2106150071).
The Commerce Department on Oct. 21 released its quarterly update to its annual list of foreign government subsidies on imported articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty April 1 through June 30, 2021. The agency again found that only Canada is providing subsidies, in the form of export assistance.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices Oct. 14: