The U.S. Commerce Department announced December 2 it will expand the list of companies on the so-called “entity list,” and would limit exports of high-bandwidth memory chips to China.

The addition of the companies to the “entity list” means that U.S. tech vendors will be denied export licenses for sales to them.

Teamsters president Sean O'Brien was also reportedly among those pushing Trump to tag Chavez-DeRemer to lead the Department of Labor. 

The de-listing follows a pledge by Panama’s maritime authority in October to penalize vessels sanctioned by the U.S., European Union, U.K. and United Nations.

CFO Jeff Howie Howie says that Williams-Sonoma has reduced the percentage of goods it sources in China from 50% to 25% over the last few years.

To adapt to shifting trade policies, U.S. manufacturers should focus on supply chain resilience, cost-efficient production through automation, and recurring revenue through monetization and servitization.

BRICS nations have talked about the idea of a new common currency to reduce their reliance on the American dollar for years.

Most Chinese tomatoes come from the Xinjiang region, where their production is linked to forced labor by Uyghur and other largely Muslim minorities.

Trump said on social media on November 30 that Trudeau “has made a commitment to work with us” to impede drug trafficking.

Paul Debolt, government contracts practice group co-leader with Venable LLP, predicts how requirements for selling to the federal government will be impacted by the new administration.