House Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, urged the Biden administration Oct. 18 to give the Treasury and State departments additional resources, including personnel, to speed up implementation of the new sanctions authorities that were enacted into law almost six months ago.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is likely to react “more negatively and more directly” than his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, to the EU’s plan to start taxing carbon-intensive imports, a former U.S. trade official said Oct. 17.
Ten Republican lawmakers asked the Treasury Department Oct. 17 to explain why the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. has apparently declined to review and block Chinese electric vehicle battery maker Gotion from building a plant near a military base in Michigan.
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., asked the Government Accountability Office Oct. 15 to determine whether the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is adequately securing the information it collects through its new beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting rule.
The leaders of the House Select Committee on China urged the Commerce Department Oct. 16 to restrict exports of U.S.-made semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME) to Huawei's “clandestine network” of companies.
The Bureau of Industry and Security appears to be making good on its pledge to step up export control enforcement to protect sensitive American technology from China, two former U.S. government officials said Oct. 15.
The EU's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which could take effect for some companies Dec. 30, may violate World Trade Organization rules and should be modified to ensure it's compliant, according to a new policy brief released by the European Center for International Political Economy (ECIPE).
A bipartisan group of seven senators led by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., urged the Biden administration last week to speed up implementation of new Iran sanctions laws, including a measure aimed at curbing the country’s oil revenue.
Western policymakers should sharpen their approach to economic sanctions to avoid the kinds of mistakes that have limited the impact of such measures against Russia, according to a recent paper released by the Brookings Institution.
TD Bank has agreed to pay about $3.1 billion in penalties to resolve allegations that its lax adherence to anti-money laundering laws allowed perpetrators of drug and human trafficking and terrorist financing to access the U.S. financial system, the bank, along with DOJ and the Treasury Department, announced Oct. 10.