Advocacy

EPA considers rolling back HFC release rules

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a hearing on Oct. 16 to discuss rescinding a 2016 Section 608 Refrigerant […]


10.23.2018

States commit to phase out HFCs

California, Connecticut, Maryland and New York have all committed to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by adopting vacated rules 20 and 21 of the U.S. […]


10.23.2018

Supreme Court will not review District Court’s decision to vacate EPA SNAP rule

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider a request from attorneys general from 17 states and the District of […]


10.23.2018

100% clean electricity in Calif. by 2045

In September, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 100 setting a target of 100 percent clean electricity across the state by […]


10.23.2018

Significant backlog of steel/aluminum import tariff exclusion requests

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), which is overseeing the exclusion request process for […]


10.23.2018

Filing for exclusions from Chinese import tariffs

Now that all three lists of Section 301 Chinese imports subject to tariffs have been finalized, the exclusion process has […]


10.22.2018

NAFEM members speak out about negative effects of tariffs

The Trump administration has imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum and hundreds of products imported from China in what seems […]


10.10.2018

NAFEM co-sponsors Trade Builds America Day in Washington, D.C.

On Sept. 25, NAFEM co-sponsored Trade Builds America, an event that attracted nearly 200 media, Capitol Hill staffers and influencers […]


09.21.2018

All Section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports now in effect

As part of the U.S. response to China’s unfair trade practices, all three proposed lists of items subject to tariffs […]


09.21.2018

NAFTA conversations continue

Talks to update the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the U.S., Canada and Mexico continue with a tentative […]


09.21.2018