Category: Regulations

May 4, 2023

Members of Congress continue to raise concern about Chinese companies SHEIN and Temu’s alleged use of forced labor, and now leaders of a key congressional committee are looking into allegations surrounding iconic Western brands Nike and Adidas as well. Reps. […]

May 2, 2023

Two dozen Members of Congress wrote to the SEC on Monday to ask the agency to mandate that online retailer SHEIN “certify via independent verification” that it does not use forced labor as a condition for its potential Initial Public […]

April 17, 2023

Deputy United States Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi alluded to the possible imposition of further tariffs on Chinese imports while speaking at the Center on Inclusive Trade and Development’s inaugural Rethinking World Trade 2023 conference on April 13. In her remarks, […]

April 12, 2023

The Biden administration is proposing strict new automobile pollution limits that would require as many as two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032, a nearly tenfold increase over current electric vehicle sales. The proposed […]

April 12, 2023

It’s been about 10 months since the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) officially went into effect, banning all imports from the Xinjiang region of China unless importers can produce “clear and convincing evidence” that their products aren’t made with […]

April 5, 2023

China has gone to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to try and get it to intervene in the denial of chip-making equipment exports to China by the US, Japan and the Netherlands. The three countries have agreed to ban exports […]

April 5, 2023

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigeig was in New Mexico Tuesday where he talked with local leaders about the federal funding available for improving highway safety along busy wildlife corridors. It may seem like a funny photo-op to send a cabinet […]

April 4, 2023

President Biden took to the stage just outside the Twin Cities on Monday on the latest stop of his “Investing in America ” tour, visiting a factory owned by engine maker Cummins. Biden put on his usual show — He […]

March 31, 2023

It will include etch, cleaning, deposition and litho among 23 different types of equipment. All immersion litho machines are included in the restrictions. “We are fulfilling our responsibility as a technological nation to contribute to international peace and stability,” said […]

March 30, 2023

A group of Industrial Heartland senators wrote to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Danny Werfel to demand action that will ensure the United States will “meet our climate goals while protecting and supporting American workers […]

March 28, 2023

President Biden flew down to North Carolina on Tuesday to officially launch the administration’s “Investing in America” tour, a three-week jaunt that will highlight how industrial policy is attracting hundreds of billions of dollars in private investments, creating well-paid factory […]

March 22, 2023

Last week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) held a news conference to talk about importers’ compliance with the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), the stringent law enacted last year that bars products wholly or partially made in China’s […]

March 21, 2023

The Biden administration moved to implement a new 25% investment tax credit for U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturing and proposed restrictions that would make it difficult for companies to expand China operations if they receive certain federal funds. Congress created the tax […]

March 17, 2023

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 […]

March 14, 2023

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 […]

February 28, 2023

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. […]

February 15, 2023

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 […]

February 13, 2023

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 […]

February 9, 2023

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 […]

February 6, 2023

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, […]