Category: Regulations

September 22, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to take action against companies who have been found to have falsely claimed to manufacture their imported products in the United States. The agency announced on Aug. 29 a final settlement with Thomas Bates […]

September 14, 2023

The European Commission is deliberating on the imposition of punitive tariffs for safeguarding EU automakers from the influx of lower-priced Chinese electric vehicle (EV) imports, which, according to the Commission, benefit from substantial state subsidies. According to TechCrunch, European Commission […]

September 7, 2023

There’s always a lot of complaining when a domestic manufacturer asks the federal government to enforce U.S. trade law. Importing industries, or their associations, will often smear petitioners, as happened to the California solar panel manufacturer that accused Chinese companies […]

September 1, 2023

“While we transition to EVs, we want to ensure that workers can transition in place, that there is no worker, no community left behind,” said Granholm, The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has warned that a rapid change could put […]

August 3, 2023

Reuters published a story Thursday examining the increasingly hawkish stance toward China taken by the top GOP presidential candidates on the campaign trail, noting that several of them are now calling for an end to China’s normalized trade status. Now, […]

July 13, 2023

Another call has been made for the U.S. government to reconsider the trade status that grants Chinese imports a lower tariff rate. They’re starting to stack up. This was once the territory of trade hawks, but no more. After two […]

July 10, 2023

U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) has introduced a bill that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing strong new emission standards that would push the auto industry toward electric vehicles. The legislation, dubbed the Choice in Automobile Retail Sales […]

July 6, 2023

President Joe Biden’s “Bidenomics” tour brought him to West Columbia, S.C., Thursday, where he announced solar equipment provider Enphase Energy’s $60 million investment across all its U.S. manufacturing lines, alongside its manufacturing partner Flex. Enphase anticipates that its West Columbia […]

July 5, 2023

In the semiconductor industry that’s a particularly difficult question to answer. There are plenty of VCs around who will support a good idea for an IC. If a good idea for an IC transforms into a designed product then there […]

June 28, 2023

Potential new restrictions on the sale of artificial intelligence semiconductors to China could come with a hefty long-term cost for the American chip industry—and another setback for U.S. relations with Beijing. The potential export controls would prevent Nvidia NVDA -1.81%decrease; […]

June 21, 2023

A bill just introduced in the U.S. Senate would expand restrictions on the foreign manufacture of breakthrough technologies discovered by publicly funded research. The Invent Here, Make Here Act of 2023 builds on a law that passed as part of […]

June 20, 2023

Members of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) team hit Capitol Hill on Thursday to urge Members of Congress to support brand new legislation designed to equip American workers and manufacturers with new trade tools to take on some of […]

June 14, 2023

The European Parliament has recently approved new regulations to significantly improve the design, production, and waste management of batteries sold within the European Union (EU). EU Regulations to Improve Battery Lifecycle and Performance The legislation covers all types of batteries […]

June 7, 2023

America’s steel industry made a spectacular turnaround at the start of the decade after facing years of layoffs and plant closures due to surging unfairly traded imports. But labor and business leaders warned the Congressional Steel Caucus on Wednesday morning […]

June 1, 2023

FDA inspectors concluded their assessment of iRhythm’s facility in Cypress, Calif. in August 2022. The FDA visit led to a Form 483 later that month. iRhythm took steps to address the concerns raised in the 483 but its actions failed […]

May 30, 2023

Early last week, China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, after a meeting m Korean Trade Minister Ahn Duk-geun, said the two countries had agreed to strengthen dialogue and cooperation on semiconductor industry supply chains. However, a Korean government statement on the […]

May 24, 2023

The Biden administration has canceled plans to award a $200 million grant to a U.S. battery manufacturer amid criticism from Republican lawmakers over the company’s alleged ties to China. Texas-based Microvast was one of 20 companies to win preliminary grants […]

May 24, 2023

A number of products “produced or manufactured wholly or in part with Uyghur forced labor may continue to enter the United States” despite new efforts to halt these imports, according to a policy proposal approved Wednesday by the Select Committee […]

May 22, 2023

China’s cyberspace regulator said that Micron had failed its network security review but did not say on what grounds. As most of Micron’s China sales are to consumer chstomers it may not hit Micron particularly hard. “We firmly oppose restrictions […]

May 17, 2023

The General Services Administration (GSA) on Tuesday issued new “Buy Clean” pilot guidelines for the procurement of substantially lower embodied carbon construction materials, including steel. These requirements will apply to 11 GSA projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) […]