Top Stories: DHS’s AI Roadmap

DHS Announces AI Roadmap and AI Pilot Projects March 20, 2024 – DHS Secretary Mayorkas and CIO/Chief AI Officer Eric Hysen announced this week the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Roadmap and 3 pilot projects to show the potential uses of AI across DHS. The pilot projects include the use of AI […]

Top Stories: Export Controls Warning

U.S. to Foreign Companies: Take Export Controls Seriously March 13, 2024 – The Department of Justice issued a “Tri-Seal Compliance Note” last week, warning that foreign companies may face civil and criminal penalties if they fail to take U.S. export controls “seriously.”  For example, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) can take enforcement action […]

Top Stories: EU Forced Labor Law?

EU Reaches Agreement on Forced Labor Ban March 6, 2024 – Negotiators from the European Parliament and the European Council reached a provisional agreement yesterday to ban products made with forced labor from the EU market. The new regulation would involve investigation of companies’ supply chains. If forced labor is found, the goods can be […]

Top Stories: D&D Billing Rules

FMC Issues Final Rule on Demurrage and Detention Billing February 28, 2024 – The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) published the final rule this week on demurrage and detention (D&D) billing requirements, a topic on which AAEI has long weighed in. The Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) of 2022 required the FMC to review and revise […]

Top Stories: New Russia Sanctions

White House: Major New Russia Sanctions Package Coming February 21, 2024 – The Biden Administration announced that a new “major” sanctions package against Russia is coming, as soon as this week, in response to the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and the 2-year anniversary of the Ukraine War. President Biden acknowledged yesterday that the […]

Top Stories: Trade Preference Program

Report: House Readies Stalled Trade Bill February 14, 2024 – Lawmakers are reportedly expected to introduce trade preference legislation this month that was long delayed. Politico reports today that the House Ways and Means Committee plans to introduce a bill this month to renew the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), a tariff relief program that […]

Top Stories: Coffee and Labor

McDonald’s and Others Respond to Claims of Forced Labor in Coffee February 7, 2024 – McDonald’s released a statement last week in response to a report by the Netherlands-based Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) and Brazil-based Conectas claiming that companies including McDonald’s, Dunkin’ Donuts, and Illy import coffee produced using forced labor. McDonald’s […]

Top Stories: Trade with Vietnam

Lawmakers and Stakeholders Deliberate Vietnam’s Market Position January 31, 2024 – A group of senators, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, expressed concerns Vietnam to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo this week, asserting that there is substantial evidence indicating the country has not met legal conditions for market economy status. The group, which includes eight senators, highlighted […]

Top Stories: More Sanctions

BIS Expands Sanctions Against Russia, Belarus January 24, 2024 – The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) expanded export controls this week against Russia and Belarus to include a wider scope of products, including more materials and parts affecting the aerospace industry. A new final rule, which also includes refinements to existing export controls, went […]

Top Stories: Aluminum Extrusions

AAEI Co-Signs Letter on DOC Investigation of Aluminum Extrusions January 17, 2024 – AAEI joined 35 other trade associations this week in sending a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo about “the proposed overly broad scope of the ongoing antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations on aluminum extrusions from 14 countries.” As the […]