President Donald Trump criticized business officials who have said his tariffs actions are damaging, bragged about countries and executives asking for breaks, and made a list of non-tariff cheating he wants countries to end, all on social media over the weekend.
A purported draft executive order to reorganize the State Department that served as the basis for a New York Times article is a "fake document,” an agency spokesperson said in an email April 21.
The State Department has approved a possible $825 million military sale to Morocco, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said April 15. The sale includes “FIM-92K Stinger Block I missiles and related equipment,” and the principal contractors will be RTX Corp. and Lockheed Martin.
The State Department this week approved a possible $180 million military sale to Israel, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said. The sale includes "Eitan Powerpack Engines and related equipment," and the principal contractor will be Rolls-Royce Solutions America.
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America could help organize a class-action lawsuit against ocean carriers if enough of its members and other non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCC) say they're unfairly being refused service contracts, industry officials said at the NCBFAA’s annual meeting.
The State Department approved a possible $1.04 billion military sale to Australia, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said this week. The sale includes "AIM-120C and AIM-120D Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles" and related equipment. The principal contractor will be RTX Corp.
Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Louis Sola this week applauded the Panama Maritime Authority for recently removing from its registry more than 100 vessels sanctioned by the U.S. and other governments, saying the move is helping to pressure Iran and other nations operating so-called shadow fleets. He also said the FMC may investigate other registries that haven’t removed those ships.
The State Department approved three possible military sales to Ecuador, the Philippines and Kuwait, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said last week.
A recent rise in tariffs, export controls and other trade actions will lead to rising prices in semiconductor supply chains, said Sree Ramaswamy, former senior adviser to former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.
The Bureau of Industry and Security this week added 30 parties to its boycott requester list, a list of entities that have asked other companies to boycott goods from certain countries in violation of the Export Administration Regulations. It also removed 18 parties after they certified that they "stopped making boycott-related requests in transactions with U.S. persons," BIS said.