“We should work collaboratively for … passage of a trade agreement that creates jobs, protects workers and consumers,” said Rep. Mike Thompson of California.
President Trump wants the federal government to weed out hundreds of no longer needed or inactive advisory committees from its roster.
Passage of USMCA in the United States must happen this year or wait for implementation in 2021.
The U.S. trade representative appeared before the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday on the first day of congressional hearings on the Trump administration’s trade agenda.
All crew members have been reported safe and were rescued by a passing bulk carrier.
The industry is at “a new crossroads,” according to the co-author of a state of logistics report titled “Cresting the Hill.”
Sailors’ Society also appoints a new director general and International Maritime Rescue Federation trustees are elected.
“The time to act is now,” reads a letter sent to the president and congressional leaders by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and more than 40 business and labor groups.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce officials on Monday said several factors indicate that the effort to secure U.S. approval of the pact recently has gained momentum.
After the investigation, FMCSA voided 223 active medical examiner certificates held by commercial drivers.
A shipyard in Port Arthur, Texas, received the most funding among the 28 shipyards with $1.36 million.
With expanded offerings, New York Shipping Exchange users now will be able to request binding contracts for multiple weeks at multiple ports.
The 23rd commandant of the Coast Guard said multilateral agreements and regional constructs have brought stability to other areas that have suffered from criminal activity.
Funding means “cross-border commerce critical to our economy is not impeded,” trade groups, chambers of commerce and companies said in a letter.
With a strong start to the year, the port says it is poised to overtake the Port of Long Beach as the nation’s second-largest container port.
The inclusion of ship-to-shore gantry cranes in the fourth tranche of Chinese tariffs would increase the costs by millions, AAPA President and CEO Nagle said.
Chinese telecom giant’s CEO Ren Zhengfei expects his company to lose $30 billion in revenue in 2019, mostly due to Commerce’s Entity List and the U.S.-China trade war.
One places restrictions on large ships; another changes composition of pilot board for Houston ship channel.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is authorized by law to periodically adjust its civil penalty amounts for violations of various foreign financial transaction controls.
A study projects the state’s seaports to increase cargo tonnage by more than 32 million tons in the next five years to 142.4 million tons in fiscal year 2022-23.
