Taxes, Tariffs & Trade

IMPORTANT TRADE UPDATE re: China Negotiations and USMCA

Last week, the White House announced a Phase One trade deal with China.The new agreement leaves the current 25 percent Section 301 […]


12.16.2019

ENERGY STAR®/NAFEM discuss emerging state requirements

NAFEM met with representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation to discuss states’ efforts to require […]


11.26.2019

Awaiting word from DOE

NAFEM continues to monitor for information from the DOE on updates to its Process Rule, test procedures and environmental efficiency standards.


11.26.2019

Further support for solar R&D

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $128 million in new research and development projects to advance solar technologies in photovoltaics, concentrating […]


11.26.2019

California preparing Clean Energy Act report

California Senate Bill 100, the 100 Percent Clean Energy Act of 2018, requires a status report to the state’s legislature […]


11.26.2019

Independent study to assess process for setting energy performance standards

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is conducting a peer-reviewed study of the analytical methods used by the U.S. Department of […]


11.26.2019

Combined ENERGY STAR® energy/safety audits to expand to ovens, dishwashers

At the October ASTM meeting, Brian Krausz from ENERGY STAR provided an update on the program’s efforts to expand the […]


11.26.2019

U.S. China negotiations update

Discussions continue on the “phase-one” trade agreement between the U.S. and China. In October, the two countries reached an interim agreement […]


11.26.2019

U.S. to exit Paris Climate Agreement

President Trump has formally notified the United Nations that the U.S. will begin the yearlong process of withdrawing from the […]


11.26.2019

Section 232 exclusion process updates

Companies can apply for exclusions from Section 232 tariffs if a steel/aluminum product is not available domestically in sufficient quantity […]


11.26.2019