While the Washington Consensus policies resulted in seven years of economic growth in the 1990s, the years that followed brought about a period of recession and stagnation -
71% US trade with Latin America is dominated...more
11/1/2022
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Enforcement ,
Foreign Investment ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) ,
Geopolitical Risks ,
Inflation Adjustments ,
Interest Rates ,
International Monetary Fund ,
Latin America ,
MERCOSUR ,
Mexico ,
NAFTA ,
Tax Reform ,
Trade Relations ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
World Bank
On July 27, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) unveiled a budget reconciliation bill entitled the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ("IRA"), which would implement core components of President Biden's agenda on...more
On July 27, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) unveiled a budget reconciliation bill entitled the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ("IRA"), which would implement core components of President Biden's agenda on...more
On July 20, 2022, the United States requested consultations with Mexico under the Dispute Settlement chapter of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), arguing that several of Mexico’s energy policies are...more
7/22/2022
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Canada ,
Climate Change ,
Energy Sector ,
Investment ,
Market Access Rule ,
Mexico ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Paris Agreement ,
State-Owned Enterprises ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
On June 6, 2022, President Biden announced that the United States would allow solar cells and modules imported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam to enter the United States free from antidumping (ADD) and...more
6/9/2022
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Biden Administration ,
Cambodia ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Customs ,
Executive Orders ,
Imports ,
Malaysia ,
Plastic Solar Cells ,
Tariff Act of 1930 ,
Thailand ,
Trading Suspension ,
Vietnam
On May 23, 2022, the United States and 12 other Indo-Pacific countries agreed to launch "collective discussions towards future negotiations" on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) proposed by the Biden Administration. ...more
5/26/2022
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Australia ,
Biden Administration ,
Brunei ,
Clean Energy ,
Corporate Governance ,
Enforcement ,
Global Market ,
India ,
Indonesia ,
Infrastructure ,
Japan ,
Joint Statements ,
Korea ,
Malaysia ,
New Zealand ,
Philippines ,
Singapore ,
Supply Chain ,
Taxation ,
Thailand ,
Trade Relations ,
Vietnam
Co-authored by the Global Sanctions Team On April 7, 2022, the US Congress approved two bills aimed at curtailing trade with Russia and Belarus in response to the situation in Ukraine: President Biden signed both bills into...more
On March 22, 2022, the United States announced that it will replace its Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum from the United Kingdom (UK) with tariff-rate quotas (TRQ) that will allow "historically-based sustainable...more
On March 7, 2022, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) published a final rule that increases domestic content requirements for Federal government procurements governed by the Buy American Act (BAA). The...more
3/8/2022
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Biden Administration ,
Buy American Act ,
Clean Energy ,
Defense Sector ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Final Rules ,
Information Technology ,
Local Content Requirements ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Public Health ,
Supply Chain ,
Transportation Industry
On February 4, 2022, President Biden issued a Proclamation extending the United States' safeguard measure on imports of certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells (whether or not partially or fully assembled into...more
2/10/2022
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Canada ,
Clean Energy ,
Duty Free ,
Energy Sector ,
Imports ,
Mexico ,
Presidential Proclamations ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
Solar Panels ,
Tariffs
On November 19, the House of Representatives approved a budget reconciliation bill entitled the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376), which contains President Biden’s core legislative priorities related to healthcare, the...more
11/19/2021
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Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Green Energy ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
New Legislation ,
Renewable Energy ,
Tax Credits ,
Technology Sector
On July 27, Reps. John Joyce (R-PA) and Jim Banks (R-IN) introduced legislation that would establish new US trade negotiating objectives for the pharmaceutical sector, in the context of a broader renewal of the trade...more
8/23/2021
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Enforcement ,
Export Controls ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
TPA Agreement ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trade Promotion Authority ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies ,
WTO
On March 25, 2021, the United States imposed sanctions on Myanma Economic Holdings Public Company Limited ("MEHL") and Myanmar Economic Corporation Limited ("MEC"), Burma's two largest military conglomerates. On the same day,...more
On February 24, President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) directing federal agencies to perform a 100-day review of "supply chain risks" for four classes of products: (1) semiconductors; (2) high-capacity batteries,...more
This report is the first of a series in which White & Case's International Trade Group will examine the Biden administration's trade agenda and the key institutions that shape US trade policy.
On February 25, the Senate...more
On January 25, President Biden signed an Executive Order that contemplates increasing the domestic content thresholds and price preferences for domestic goods under the Buy American Act ("BAA," 41 U.S.C. §§ 8301-8305). The...more
The election of Joseph R. Biden as the 46th President of the United States will have important implications for US trade policy and the World Trade Organization. In the four years since his departure as Vice President, US...more
12/21/2020
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Buy America ,
China ,
CPTPP ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Section 232 ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trade Policy ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
WTO