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Regulations

Court Confirms Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.’s $125 Million Arbitration Award Against NantPharma, LLC

March 17, 2023

Via: PR Newswire

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (OTC: SRNEQ, “Sorrento”), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of life-saving therapeutics to treat cancer, announced that on March 16, 2023, the LA County Superior Court confirmed an arbitration award of $125 million in damages, to […]


Regulations

U.S., EU Make Nice Over Clean Energy Industrial Policy

March 14, 2023

Via: Alliance for American Manufacturing

President Biden last week met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the Oval Office last week, and how about that: There appears to be a thaw in a frosty relationship between the U.S. and the European Union […]


Regulations

Huawei Export Licenses Could be Revoked by U.S.

February 28, 2023

Via: The Wall Street Journal

The Biden administration is considering revoking export licenses issued to U.S. suppliers for sales to Chinese telecom company Huawei Technologies Co., according to people familiar with the matter, part of a broader tightening of technology trade over national security concerns. […]


Regulations

The Biden Administration Issues Standards for American-made EV Chargers

February 15, 2023

Via: Alliance for American Manufacturing

Legislation that both tightens and expands coverage of Buy America rules governing federal infrastructure spending passed with the big, honkin’ Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) in 2021. And, as noted in an Alliance for American Manufacturing opinion published recently in the […]


Regulations

Reports of the Death of U.S.-China Trade Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

February 13, 2023

Via: Alliance for American Manufacturing

Quitting a two-decades long addiction is hard. Despite a major shift in U.S.-China relations and the passage of significant industrial policy designed to increase American production in critical industries, the United States remains woefully addicted to Chinese imports. New data […]


Regulations

US DoC sets out stages for spending Chips Act money

February 9, 2023

Via: Electronics Weekly

In late February, the Department plans to release a Notice of Funding Opportunity for commercial leading-edge, current, and mature node fabrication facilities. This includes both front-end semiconductor manufacturers and back-end packaging facilities. In late spring, the Department plans to release […]


Regulations

Denying China IC Manufacturing Tools

February 6, 2023

Via: Electronics Weekly

If the pact also includes a ban on Western technicians going over to China to keep installed machines running, then existing China semiconductor operations will be severely affected. The pact is a smart move by the Americans who, no doubt, […]


Logistics, Process, Regulations

Dispute Panel Rules for Looser Rules of Origin for Autos under the USMCA

January 13, 2023

Via: Alliance for American Manufacturing

President Biden went down Mexico way this week for a North American leaders summit with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and Canadian President Justin Trudeau, where they pledged to work together to forge stronger regional supply chains. Then […]


Regulations

ICYMI: President Biden Reaffirms Commitment to Buying American

January 9, 2023

Via: Alliance for American Manufacturing

There was a huge moment of bipartisanship last week. You probably missed it, since it happened at the same time that the House began voting on electing a new Speaker, and well, it went poorly for awhile there for Rep. […]


Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle, Regulations

Latin America Bus Industry Report 2021-2022 & 2030 – Fleet Renewal and Electromobility Laws will Drive Growth in the Coming Decade

January 4, 2023

Via: PR Newswire

The overall commercial vehicle volume in LATAM, including 6 countries Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Peru, is expected to reach 50,540 units by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 7.7% between 2021 and 2030. Fleet renewal and electromobility laws […]


Energy, Industry Focus Areas, Regulations

Manufacturing Story of 2022: The Solar Saga

December 28, 2022

Via: Alliance for American Manufacturing

Early this year, a small manufacturer in northern California called Auxin Solar petitioned the U.S. Commerce Department to investigate solar panels imported from Southeast Asia. Those imports, the petition contended, were essentially being made in China before being rerouted through […]


Process, Production, Regulations

New China chip plan follows US approach

December 14, 2022

Via: Electronics Weekly

The biggest part of the $143 billion support package spread over five years is the 20% subsidy on equipment purchases which copies the 25% subsidy for investment in fab offered under the US Chips Act. The China subsidy not only […]


Regulations

EU Delays Labeling Lithium Toxic as Concerns From EV Industry Mount

December 12, 2022

Via: The Wall Street Journal

The prospect that the European Union will classify lithium as toxic is adding to worries in the electric-vehicle battery industry that policy makers aren’t doing enough to attract investment and the EU will lose out to the U.S., an attractive […]


Regulations

Commerce Department Finds Four Solar Manufacturers Are Circumventing Duties. What Happens Next? 

December 8, 2022

Via: ASD News

On Dec. 2, the Commerce Department announced its preliminary conclusion that four manufacturers are circumventing U.S. duties on solar cells and modules from the People’s Republic of China. The months-long data-driven investigation revealed that BYD Hong Kong, Canadian Solar, Trina, […]


Regulations

Perspective: Tax Credits Available for Trucking

November 22, 2022

Via: Transport Topics

The trucking industry has its fair share of challenges right now — from high fuel prices to worker shortages. One solution to help ease some pressure may lie in pursuing government tax incentive programs, such as the Work Opportunity Tax […]


Regulations

GOP House Majority Could Shield Industries From New Taxes, Regulations

November 21, 2022

Via: The Wall Street Journal

Republican wins at the ballot box have long translated into gains for the business lobby in Washington. This election is likely to be no exception, despite the party’s increasingly populist slant. The GOP takeover of the House will give Republicans […]


Regulations

U.K. Orders Chinese-Owned Company to Unwind Chip-Factory Deal

November 17, 2022

Via: The Wall Street Journal

The U.K. government said a Chinese-owned company must unwind its acquisition of a British computer-chip factory more than a year after the takeover was completed because the deal posed a risk to national security. In a decision published late Wednesday, […]


Regulations

Congressional Commission’s Report: Revoke Permanent Normal Trade Relations for China

November 15, 2022

Via: Alliance for American Manufacturing

On the heels of the first meeting between Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping since Biden became president, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released its 2022 annual report Tuesday that outlined 39 policy recommendations to Congress to […]


Regulations

Microsoft Faces Fresh Antitrust Complaint in Europe

November 8, 2022

Via: The Wall Street Journal

Microsoft Corp. MSFT 0.44%increase; green up pointing triangle faces an antitrust complaint from a European industry group over its cloud services, adding to recent allegations of anticompetitive behavior against the U.S. tech company. Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe, or […]


Regulations

EU, US Set Up Task Force to Resolve Electric Vehicle Feud

October 26, 2022

Via: Transport Topics

The U.S. and the European Union have set up a task force tasked with resolving a dispute over electric vehicle batteries that the EU says would discriminate against manufacturers in the 27-nation bloc and break World Trade Organization rules. Under […]