August 9, 2023: Garrett Wright, CBP Director Trade Modernization meets with CSUSTL technical panel for a deep dive discussion re solutions to various trade challenges through its 21st Century Customs Framework.
August 8, 2023: Trade Counsel for Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Murray (D-WA) meets with CSUSTL's Executive Committee to discuss various trade issues.
August 1, 2023: CSUSTL sends letter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations stating our objections to proposed cuts in funding for the enforcement of US trade remedy laws. The House version of the Fiscal Year 2024 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations would cut $24 million in funding for the enforcement of the antidumping countervailing duty laws and cause the agency to decrease their enforcement activities by roughly one-third.
June 20, 2023: Bipartisan legislation to level the playing field for American workers, companies, and communities is endorsed by CSUSTL. The legislation had been introduced by US Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Todd Young (R-IN) in the Senate; and US Representatives Bill Johnson (R-OH-6) and Terri Sewell (D-AL-7) in the House. Leveling the Playing Field Act 2.0 would strengthen US trade remedy laws to protect American workers and combat China's unfair, anti-free market trade practices that distort the global market.