Politics

Trump Administration Expands Tariffs Under Alternative Trade Laws

A new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report outlines how the Trump administration has used alternative legal authorities to impose tariffs after a...

Politics

Diesel Export Ban Involves Transportation Policy Tradeoffs

With average highway diesel prices at $6.529 per gallon on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, a Congressional Research...

Lobbying Activity

National Fisheries Institute Lobbies on Trade and Traceability

The National Fisheries Institute Inc. (NFI) filed a second-quarter 2026 lobbying disclosure covering seafood industry concerns spanning tariffs, fisheries...

International Affairs

U.S. Declines USMCA Renewal; Pact Remains in Force

The United States declined to renew the pact in its current form at the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) joint review on July 1, while Canada...

Congress

Congress Weighs Suspension Of Phosphate Fertilizer Tariffs

Farmers facing elevated input costs sit have raised concerns over whether the United States should keep collecting tariffs that offset foreign subsidies on...

Law and Order

AI Safety Collaboration Faces Antitrust Law Barriers

Competing developers of frontier artificial intelligence models have no settled path to jointly slow work for safety without inviting unlawful-restraint...

International Affairs

World Trade Organization Faces Administration Questions On Value

The World Trade Organization (WTO) faces serious challenges, a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report finds, as the Trump administration has expressed...

Politics

U.S.-China Relations Face November Tariff Deadline

A tariff truce between the U.S. and China is set to expire in November 2026, and both sides have paused, not resolved, their core disputes. The...

Commerce

U.S.-Mexico Relations: USMCA Review and Trade Pressure

A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report updated September 23 examines the full U.S.-Mexico bilateral relationship under the Trump administration and...

International Affairs

U.S.-Japan Trade Talks Stall Amid Overlapping Tariffs

The U.S.-Japan trade relationship faces mounting uncertainty as multiple tariff mechanisms overlap and key policy commitments remain unfulfilled, according...

Government Operations

Small Business Administration Proposes New Standards

The Small Business Administration announced a proposed rule on August 20 to radically reshape how federal programs classify small businesses, potentially...

Commerce

House Pushes Import Controls to Counter China's Tech Strategy

The House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party held a hearing on September 16 to examine how...

Congress

Congress Examines U.S.-South Korea Trade Relations

Recent tariffs have placed the U.S.-South Korea trading relationship in a relatively unstable position, as a new Congressional Research Service report...

Commerce

U.S.-Panama Policy Faces Tensions Over Canal Access, Neutrality

The Congressional Research Service report “U.S.-Panama Relations: Overview and Issues for Congress” was published on June 16, 2026. The United States...

Agriculture

Canada in the Tariff Crosshairs: Section 338

A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report published September 14 examines recent tariffs on Canadian products, and their legal precedent. On July 20,...

Macroeconomics

U.S.-Canada Trade Ties Face Tariffs and Uncertainty

The U.S.-Canada commercial relationship faces new tariffs, retaliatory measures, and uncertainty over the agreement that currently governs trade. A new...

Agriculture

CropLife America Expands Lobbying on Agriculture

CropLife America expanded its lobbying presence by amending its registration with Bishop Consulting Group LLC on September 2. CropLife America, which...