Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Announces NAFTA Hearing
House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) announced on Tuesday, July 11th that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement” on…
Date Set for Provisional Application of EU-Canada Trade Agreement
Canada and the European Union have announced that September 21 st will be the date that the provisional application of Comprehensive and Economic and Trade Agreement (“CETA”) will come into effect. Canadian Prime…
US Govt Seeks $1.9 Million In North Korea Sanctions and Money Laundering Case
A recent suit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for the forfeiture of nearly $2 million highlights the broad extraterritorial reach of U.S. sanctions laws. On June 14, DOJ filed a complaint to seize funds…
Japan: The Belle of the Bilateral Ball?
The European Union and Japan have been working this week to wrap up a bilateral trade agreement with the goal of having most of a deal ahead of next week’s G20 summit in Hamburg. The deal, which has been over 10 years…
NAFTA This Week: USTR Hearings
Today wraps up three days of hearings hosted by USTR regarding the renegotiation of NAFTA. The hearings come about six weeks before the United States will begin discussions with Canada and Mexico, no earlier than…