Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has terminated the agency’s Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness along with 13 other advisory committees, the Commerce Department said on its website. Lutnick “determined that the purposes for which fourteen of the discretionary advisory committees were established have been fulfilled, and the committees have been terminated” effective Feb. 28.
The Commerce Department is working to finalize an October proposed rule that will change how the agency regulates in-transit shipments that are first imported through the U.S. from foreign countries before being exported to another foreign destination (see 2410300040).
The Commerce Department hinted at the potential for a future free trade agreement with Britain in a press release on March 19.
The Bureau of Industry and Security is reviewing the public comments it received in response to its advance notice of proposed rulemaking on drones, a Commerce Department official said March 18 at the BIS annual update conference.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on March 18:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on March 17:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on March 14:
The National Marine Fisheries Service is opening a 60-day comment period on information it collects related to fishing products restrictions.
The Commerce Department seeks comments by April 1 in connection with its recently launched Section 232 investigation on the national security effects of “wood products: timber, lumber, and their derivative products,” it said in a notice to be published March 13. The agency began the investigation on the tariffs on March 10, after President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for the inquiry (see 2503030039).
The Commerce Department seeks comments by April 1 in connection with its recently launched Section 232 investigation on the national security effects of “imports of copper in all forms, including, but not limited to, raw mined copper; copper concentrates; refined copper; copper alloys; scrap copper; and derivative products,” it said in a notice to be published March 13. President Donald Trump ordered the investigation Feb. 24 (see 2502250044).