The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices July 17:

The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices July 13:

The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices July 10:

The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices July 7:

The U.S. “firmly” opposes export controls by China on certain metals used to produce semiconductors, a Commerce Department spokesperson said July 6. “These actions underscore the need to diversify supply chains,” the person said in an email. “The United States will engage with our allies and partners to address this and to build resilience in critical supply chains.”

The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices July 3:

A new rule change by the Bureau of Industry and Security will subject a broader range of chemical mixtures to declaration requirements, including for export or import. The revisions, outlined in a final rule that takes effect July 3, lowers the concentration threshold level at which mixtures containing certain controlled chemicals are subject to the declaration requirements. The change brings the U.S. Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations “into further alignment” with guidelines adopted by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in 2009, which established the lower concentration threshold limit for certain chemicals.

The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices June 30:

Negotiators for prospective Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity countries reaffirmed their "shared commitment to ambitious outcomes in Pillars III (Clean Economy) and IV (Fair Economy) as quickly as possible," at an IPEF virtual ministerial meeting hosted by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on June 29. The meeting included representatives from Australia, Brunei, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, the Commerce news release said. IPEF members also discussed "the importance of delivering concrete benefits, including technical assistance and capacity building, to support future implementation of the high standard commitments envisioned" for the clean and fair economy pillars, the news release said.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security sent a final rule for interagency review that could revise the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariff exclusions process. BIS sent the rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs June 27.