Mara Lee, Senior Editor, is a reporter for International Trade Today and its sister publications Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. She joined the Warren Communications News staff in early 2018, after covering health policy, Midwestern Congressional delegations, and the Connecticut economy, insurance and manufacturing sectors for the Hartford Courant, the nation’s oldest continuously published newspaper (established 1674). Before arriving in Washington D.C. to cover Congress in 2005, she worked in Ohio, where she witnessed fervent presidential campaigning every four years.
Biography for Mara LeeRecent Articles by Mara LeeEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters after her meeting with President Joe Biden that he agrees that the goal should be for critical minerals processed, mined or recycled in the EU to qualify under Inflation Reduction Act standards for electric vehicle batteries.Read More >>
Democrats and Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee signaled their displeasure to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, as she suggested that critical minerals mined or processed in Japan or Europe may be considered as in-bounds for regional value content if those countries reach a critical-minerals-specific trade agreement. The U.S. and Japan have a free trade agreement reached during the last administration (see 1909260014) which reduced or eliminated some tariffs, but was not a comprehensive FTA that required a vote from Congress.Read More >>
Level the Playing Field Act 2.0, a bill that would rewrite antidumping and countervailing duty laws, has found a Republican co-sponsor after the retirement of the Republican co-sponsor on the bipartisan bill introduced in 2021 (see 2104160037).Read More >>
The U.S. government, dissatisfied with the narrowing of a Mexican ban on genetically modified corn (see 2302150026), has asked for technical consultations under the USMCA's sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) chapter. A formal dispute can't be initiated without first taking this step.Read More >>
Although the Biden administration took unprecedented action to shield solar panel importers from antidumping and countervailing duties -- after hearing from a third of the Senate's Democratic caucus and two Republicans that the anti-circumvention investigation was harming the solar installation industry -- the political pressure has not abated.Read More >>
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters after her meeting with President Joe Biden that he agrees that the goal should be for critical minerals processed, mined or recycled in the EU to qualify under Inflation Reduction Act standards for electric vehicle batteries.Read More >>
Democrats and Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee signaled their displeasure to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, as she suggested that critical minerals mined or processed in Japan or Europe may be considered as in-bounds for regional value content if those countries reach a critical-minerals-specific trade agreement. The U.S. and Japan have a free trade agreement reached during the last administration (see 1909260014) which reduced or eliminated some tariffs, but was not a comprehensive FTA that required a vote from Congress.Read More >>
Level the Playing Field Act 2.0, a bill that would rewrite antidumping and countervailing duty laws, has found a Republican co-sponsor after the retirement of the Republican co-sponsor on the bipartisan bill introduced in 2021 (see 2104160037).Read More >>
The U.S. government, dissatisfied with the narrowing of a Mexican ban on genetically modified corn (see 2302150026), has asked for technical consultations under the USMCA's sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) chapter. A formal dispute can't be initiated without first taking this step.Read More >>
Although the Biden administration took unprecedented action to shield solar panel importers from antidumping and countervailing duties -- after hearing from a third of the Senate's Democratic caucus and two Republicans that the anti-circumvention investigation was harming the solar installation industry -- the political pressure has not abated.Read More >>