The Fish and Wildlife Service seeks input on issues it should raise at the 20th Conference of the Parties meeting (CoP20) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, FWS said in a notice last week. “With this notice, we are soliciting recommendations for amending Appendices I and II of CITES at CoP20 as well as recommendations for resolutions, decisions, and agenda items for discussion at CoP20,” the agency said. Subsequent notices will seek further input, including on specific proposals FWS will release for comment, it said. FWS will also hold a hearing on an as yet undetermined date before CoP20, which is "tentatively scheduled to be held in the second half of 2025," although "the specific date and location of CoP20 are yet to be determined" as well. Comments are due by May 21.

A U.S. protective equipment supplier accused Mediterrenaen Shipping Co., FedEx Trade Networks Transport & Brokerage, and Total Terminals International of assessing unfair detention and demurrage, failing to extend free time and failing to send an invoice for other charges, it said in a complaint to the Federal Maritime Commission.

If Donald Trump is elected to a second presidential term, his administration should focus on communicating better with other governments and American companies about upcoming policy decisions, said Elisabeth Braw, a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative.

At a political rally in the Dayton, Ohio, suburbs, former President Donald Trump addressed Chinese President Xi Jinping with a threat that if Chinese firms open car assembly plants in Mexico, the U.S. will put a 100% tariff on their products.

The Department of Energy is setting new energy efficiency standards for residential clothes washers that, if they take effect as planned, will require compliance in 2028, it said in a direct final rule published March 15.

The Drug Enforcement Administration permanently placed 2-methyl AP-237, a synthetic drug that acts like an opioid, in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, in a final rule released March 14. New registration, labeling, record-keeping, and import and export requirements under the final rule take effect April 15.

The U.S. ambassador to Canada and the Canadian ambassador to the U.S. said trade cooperation between the two countries -- each is the other's top trading partner -- is crucial, but their tone on the NAFTA replacement was slightly different.

The Department of Energy is setting new energy efficiency standards for consumer clothes dryers that will require compliance in 2028, it said in a direct final rule published March 12.

The American Apparel and Footwear Association called on President Joe Biden to help restart labor contract negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance, in a letter dated March 12. The labor contract covering East Coast and Gulf Coast ports expires at the end of September, and the negotiations have been stalled since March 2023, the AAFA said.

The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 201 safeguard investigation on possible injury to domestic industry by imports of fine denier polyester staple fiber, it said in a notice released March 12.