Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
Up at Bat this Summer: Renegotiating NAFTA
NAFTA renegotiations are up at bat this summer. In May, the Trump administration sent a letter to Congress that began a 90-day consultation period between Congress, the administration, and business stakeholders to…
Congress Takes The Lead In Broad New Sanctions Against Russia
On June 15, 2017, the Senate overwhelmingly – by a vote of 98-2 – approved broad new sanctions against Russia in response to that country’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election and its ongoing aggression in Syria and…
India Challenges the United States’ Compliance on Cross-Cumulation
Earlier this month, India requested consultations with the United States at the WTO on the United States’ compliance with a WTO Appellate Body (AB) ruling from 2014. That AB ruling held, in part, that the U.S. ITC had…
Appeals Court Says That Actual Arrival In Iran Is Not Necessary For OFAC To Find Violation
On May 26, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit remanded for further consideration OFAC’s imposition of a $4 million penalty against Epsilon Electronics for 39 shipments found to violate the Iranian…
Commissioner Kieff Announces Departure from ITC
Commissioner F. Scott Kieff has announced that he will leave the ITC at the end of this month to return to his positions at the George Washington University School of Law and Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.…