The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notice for June 19:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notice for June 6-13:
The way in which Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross's decision to reverse a seven-year export ban on ZTE (see 1806070003) will be carried out is now fleshed out with the publishing of a superseding agreement on the Bureau of Industry and Security website. The ban is still in place until ZTE pays a $1 billion fine and puts $400 million in escrow, the document says. The Chinese telecom giant has 60 days to pay the $1 billion and 90 days to fund the escrow account. Also, ZTE must hire a special compliance coordinator within 30 days of the agreement's publication, which was June 8.
Karen Dunn Kelley, currently the Undersecretary for Economic Affairs, has been nominated for the No. 2 spot at the Department of Commerce, the White House announced June 4. The deputy secretary position has been vacant since Bruce H. Andrews resigned at the end of the Obama administration.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notice for June 1:
The Commerce Department seeks comments by June 22 in connection with its recently launched Section 232 investigation into the national security effects of “imports of automobiles, including cars, SUVs, vans and light trucks, and automotive parts,” it said in a notice. The agency began the investigation into potential tariffs on May 24, amid reports that President Donald Trump wants a 25 percent tariff on cars and auto parts to counter the purported erosion of the U.S. auto industry by imports (see 1805240002). Rebuttal comments in connection with the investigation are due July 6. Commerce will hold a public hearing on the investigation July 19-20 in Washington, with requests to participate also due June 22.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notice for May 25:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notice for May 24:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notice for May 22:
The National Marine Fisheries Service seeks comments on worldwide illegal fishing practices it should consider as it implements import requirements and submits a required report to Congress. NMFS is specifically seeking information on countries with fishing vessels engaged in illegal, unreported or unregulated (IUU) fishing at any point in the past three years; countries with vessels that catch sharks, intentionally or unintentionally, and remove the fins before discarding the carcass into the sea; as well as countries with fishing practices that result in bycatch of protected marine living resources. NMFS is required to report to Congress every two years on these issues, it said. NMFS will also consider comments on bycatch of marine mammals to develop its list of “export” and “exempt” foreign fisheries, which it intends to revise in 2020. Comments are due Dec. 31.