Category: Regulations

July 1, 2020

WASHINGTON — Automakers and their suppliers may be able to escape penalties for compliance infractions for up to a year under a new North American trade deal that takes effect Wednesday, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official said Tuesday. […]

June 22, 2020

BEIJING — China reclassified gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles on Monday so they get more favorable treatment than gasoline or diesel counterparts under new clean vehicle rules, making it easier for automakers to meet environmental quotas and offer more choice to consumers. […]

June 18, 2020

Tesla Inc. directors, including Elon Musk, awarded themselves massive compensation packages over a three-year period that improperly siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars out of the electric-car maker’s coffers, a Detroit pension fund invested in the company alleges. The directors […]

June 17, 2020

After years of all talk and no action, Congress finally got to work on Wednesday on a $500 billion investment package to rebuild America’s bridges, roads, transit systems, and railways. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a markup of […]

June 8, 2020

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Monday urged strengthening air cargo shipping requirements for prototype and low-production lithium-ion batteries after a 2016 FedEx delivery truck fire in Canada. NTSB official Robert J. Hall said existing […]

May 22, 2020

Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle agree: The coronavirus crisis proves it is time to get to work and bring America’s critical manufacturing home. Republican Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and Josh Hawley (Mo.) joined Democratic Sens. Tammy […]

May 21, 2020

DETROIT — When Donald Trump tours Ford Motor Co.’s ventilator production operation Thursday, there are more than a few ways the visit could get awkward. Will he adhere to the automaker’s requirement that everyone wear a mask at its facilities […]

May 20, 2020

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday urged the Trump administration to answer “serious questions” about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd’s plans to build a U.S.-based $12 billion plant, flagging national security concerns and potentially undisclosed subsidies. TSMC, the world’s […]

May 19, 2020

(Reuters) – The United States will announce on Tuesday that it has signed a $354 million contract with a company to make generic medicines and pharmaceutical ingredients in the country needed to treat COVID-19, the New York Times reported late […]

May 15, 2020

This would include any IC designed by US EDA or fabbed on US-made manufacturing equipment. Huawei has continued to use US EDA to design circuits says the DoC, despite being placed on a US economic blacklist in May 2019. The […]