The International Trade Commission is investigating the state of the nonfat milk solids exporting industry in the U.S. and other major supplier nations, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and certain EU member states, the commission said last week. The ITC said it will analyze the “export competitiveness” of those industries and prepare a public report on export trends, a comparison of the “competitive strengths and weaknesses” of producers and exporters in those countries, and more. The investigation, requested by the U.S. trade representative, will focus on the 2020-2024 period. The ITC will hold a public hearing on the investigation on July 28 and is accepting written comments by Oct. 14. It expects to submit its report to USTR by March 23, 2026.

The State Department approved a possible $296 million military sale to Estonia, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said last week. The sale includes Javelin missiles and related equipment, and the principal contractors will be the Javelin Joint Venture between RTX and Lockheed Martin.

The Consolidated Screening List -- the comprehensive list of entities and people subject to U.S. export controls and other trade restrictions -- has recently been experiencing issues and isn't up to date, the Commerce Department said in a notice on its website last week. While the list's search engine still works, "it has not been updating consistently from the source files since April 21, 2025."

The State Department approved a possible $180 million military sale to Poland, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said May 21. The sale includes "GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs," and the principal contractor will be Boeing.

The State Department approved a possible $100 million military sale to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said May 20. The sale includes "AW-119Kx helicopters" and related equipment, and the principal contractor will be Leonardo Helicopters U.S./AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp.

U.S. companies that sell defense products or services to foreign countries or entities must report all offsets agreements greater than $5 million to the Bureau of Industry and Security by June 15, the agency said this week. Companies also must report information on offsets transactions completed “in performance of existing offsets commitments for which an offsets credit” of $250,000 or more “has been claimed from the foreign representative,” the notice said. The Commerce Department is asking for reports of offsets transactions that took place during calendar year 2024.

The Bureau of Industry and Security is allowing for another 30 days of public comments on an information collection related to declarations to the Chemical Weapons Convention. BIS previously asked for feedback on the information collection in March (see 2503060007). Each CWC member must make “initial and annual declarations on certain facilities” that produce, import or export certain toxic chemicals and their precursors, and facilities subject to inspection by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons must also submit certain information.

The State Department approved two possible military sales to Turkey, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said May 14.

The U.S. and the United Arab Emirates this week agreed to a new AI partnership framework that will improve their cooperation around critical technologies and “ensure the protection of such technologies based on a set of joint commitments,” the Commerce Department said. The framework will “facilitate deeper technology cooperation” between the two nations, Commerce said, “including the launch of a 1GW AI data center, part of a planned 5GW UAE-US artificial intelligence technology cluster in Abu Dhabi to support regional computation demand.” That effort will meet “robust US security standards and other efforts to responsibly deploy AI infrastructure, both in the UAE and globally.” The two countries will also work on a “more efficient” process for direct investments in the U.S. by UAE investment funds, Commerce said. They plan to create a working group within 30 days to “implement, monitor and assess progress” on the new framework.

The Trump administration said this week that it secured billions of dollars' worth of purchase commitments from Qatar, including a deal for sales of Boeing aircraft and defense systems from other U.S. aerospace and weapons companies.