The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) banned the use of plastic syringes made in China on April 23 due to safety concerns, ahead of a warning letter dated April 24 to Ohio-based importer Cardinal Health by the Food and Drug Administration.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen faced a round of questioning that saw the Democrats applaud her, and the Republicans admonish her for a little over two hours during Tuesday’s House Ways & Means Committee hearing.
Despite USMCA being the “gold standard” trade agreement, Mexican trade problems are increasing with the U.S. The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday brought up the surge of Mexico steel imports into the United States, in breach of a 2019 joint statement. Some are calling for steel tariffs now. Mexico is preparing to retaliate. Sen. Sherrod…
USTR Katherine Tai was repeatedly taken to task by farm state senators in Wednesday’s Senate Finance Committee hearing for what they see as lackluster attempts at opening markets for U.S. agriculture exports.
In 2022, during the last Congress, House Democrats passed the Import Security and Fairness Act, which would deny de minimis treatment for all Chinese merchandise.
After three years of languishing in limbo, the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), a quasi-free trade deal with more than 100 developing nations, will move out of the House Ways and Means Committee to the full House.
USTR Katherine Tai sat for a two hours-plus hearing with the House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday to discuss trade matters and was met early on by some staunch criticism.