Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2023

1.World Trade Organization (WTO) trade compliance. India & China 2.Trade with: China, Colombia, Cuba, European Union, Iraq, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Taiwan, Vietnam, Haiti, United Kingdom 3.Non-tariff trade barriers 4.Shipping Issues and Compliance 5.S.653, Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2023 6.S.629, UNITED Act 7.H.R.648, Agriculture Export Promotion Act of 2023 8.S.176, Expanding Agricultural Exports Act of 2023 9.H.R.4004, The United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act

Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Maritime Commission, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

H.R. 406, Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations with ASEAN Act H.R. 760, Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act of 2023 H.R. 813, Global Investment in American Jobs Act H.R. 1324/S. 585, Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act S. 52, American Beef Labeling Act of 2023 S. 125, China Trade Relations Act of 2023 S. 629, Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism (UNITED) Act S. 653, Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2023 S. 686, Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act H.Res. 11, Establishing the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Federal Trade Commission; Unfair or Deceptive Fees Trade Regulation Rule (87 Fed. Reg. 67,413-67,424, November 8, 2022) Request for Comments, Office of the United States Trade Representative; Four-Year Review of Actions Taken in the Section 301 Investigation: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation (87 Fed. Reg. 62,914-62,915, October 17, 2022) implementation of James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-263); Foreign Assistance Act for Fiscal Year 2023; Various issues relating to U.S.-Korea digital trade and services; United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) Labor Council; Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) reauthorization; ratification of the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade Convention; reform of the World Trade Organization; reforms to export controls; implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA), including plastics toxicity under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act; implementation of the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016 (P.L.114-159); implementation of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125); implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) (P.L. 117-78); implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, (P.L. 117-167); implementation of Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (P.L. 117-128); Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-794); Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618); implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (P.L. 106-200); International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Title II of P. L. 95-223; implementation of the INFORM Consumers Act, Div. BB, Title III of P. L. 117-328; implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169); implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) statute contained in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); implementation of James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-263); reauthorization of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT); efforts to provide financial support, trade facilitation, and infrastructure support to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA); International Telecommunications Union; World Health Organization (WHO); WHO Pandemic Accord; World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); World Trade Organization; The United Nations; WTO Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver; implementation of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement; Executive Order 14017, America's Supply Chains; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; China's intellectual property regime industrial policies and cyber security; implementation of the U.S.- China economic and trade agreement; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; IP issues relating to Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, and Europe; IP issues relating to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum; U.S. economic and commercial relations with key trading partners across the globe; U.S. sanctions on Russia including those related to Russias threats to and invasion of Ukraine; U.S. sanctions on Turkey; U.S.-EU negotiations on a legal data transfer mechanism; U.S.-EU energy and sustainability cooperation; U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade; United States-India Trade Policy Forum; EU and international tax policy including digital tax proposals; U.S.-EU Trade & Technology Council; EU-U.S. Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue; EU Digital Markets Act; EU Digital Services Act; EU Data Act; EU AI Act; EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism; Indias Information Communications Technology (ICT) Tariffs; Federal Trade Commission statutory authority under Section 19 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914; modernizing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); efforts to implement an outbound investment screening mechanism; efforts related to establishing a domestic carbon border tax mechanism; efforts related to modernizing customs processes and updating tariff application procedures including revisions to the de minimus statute; efforts to revise country of origin labeling requirements for animal products; efforts related to boosting trade relations with the Latin American region; efforts related to electric vehicle tax credit incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-UK Dialogue on the Future of Atlantic Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership; efforts to significantly revise U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty law; implementation and enforcement of U.S. free-trade agreements in force with Israel, Jordan, Chile, Singapore, Australia, Morocco, Bahrain, Oman, Peru, South Korea, Colombia, and Panama, as well as Canada and Mexico (the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement or USMCA) and El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica (the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement or DR-CAFTA); Implementation and enforcement of the agreements and ongoing negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO); Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank); trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; tax treaties with Chile and Poland; international affairs budget; international trade and regulatory practices impacting digital goods and services; international artificial intelligence policy; international 5G policy; international cybersecurity policy; international policies related to content moderation and intermediary liability; advancing international regulatory cooperation; steel and aluminum tariffs; trade policy concerns regarding customs duties on electronic transmissions; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the European Union; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the United Kingdom; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and Japan; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and China; proposed rules implementing Executive Order 13873, Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain; U.S.-Brazil trade; Pacific Digital Trade Agreements; U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; U.S. Trade Representative on initiation of section 301 investigation of Frances digital services tax; efforts to pass the Miscellaneous Tariff bill; reauthorization of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); Russian sovereign debt; Commercial Service Office in Bangladesh; Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and associated issues, digital trade de minimus level for duty free clearance of low value goods, competition provisions; patent examination practices and patent quality measures; USPTO-FDA collaboration efforts; tech transfer frameworks under the Bayh-Dole Act; artificial intelligence; recommendations for Export Controls Cooperation at the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council; small business innovation research; supply chain and defense industrial base issues; printed circuit boards; 21st Century customs framework; Customs reauthorization

H.R. 406, Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations with ASEAN Act H.R. 760, Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act of 2023 H.R. 813, Global Investment in American Jobs Act H.R. 1324/S. 585, Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act S. 52, American Beef Labeling Act of 2023 S. 125, China Trade Relations Act of 2023 S. 629, Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism (UNITED) Act S. 653, Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2023 S. 686, Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act H.Res. 11, Establishing the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Federal Trade Commission; Unfair or Deceptive Fees Trade Regulation Rule (87 Fed. Reg. 67,413-67,424, November 8, 2022) Request for Comments, Office of the United States Trade Representative; Four-Year Review of Actions Taken in the Section 301 Investigation: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation (87 Fed. Reg. 62,914-62,915, October 17, 2022) implementation of James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-263); Foreign Assistance Act for Fiscal Year 2023; Various issues relating to U.S.-Korea digital trade and services; United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) Labor Council; Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) reauthorization; ratification of the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade Convention; reform of the World Trade Organization; reforms to export controls; implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA), including plastics toxicity under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act; implementation of the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016 (P.L.114-159); implementation of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125); implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) (P.L. 117-78); implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, (P.L. 117-167); implementation of Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (P.L. 117-128); Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-794); Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618); implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (P.L. 106-200); International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Title II of P. L. 95-223; implementation of the INFORM Consumers Act, Div. BB, Title III of P. L. 117-328; implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169); implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) statute contained in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); implementation of James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-263); reauthorization of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT); efforts to provide financial support, trade facilitation, and infrastructure support to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA); International Telecommunications Union; World Health Organization (WHO); WHO Pandemic Accord; World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); World Trade Organization; The United Nations; WTO Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver; implementation of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement; Executive Order 14017, America's Supply Chains; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; China's intellectual property regime industrial policies and cyber security; implementation of the U.S.- China economic and trade agreement; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; IP issues relating to Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, and Europe; IP issues relating to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum; U.S. economic and commercial relations with key trading partners across the globe; U.S. sanctions on Russia including those related to Russias threats to and invasion of Ukraine; U.S. sanctions on Turkey; U.S.-EU negotiations on a legal data transfer mechanism; U.S.-EU energy and sustainability cooperation; U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade; United States-India Trade Policy Forum; EU and international tax policy including digital tax proposals; U.S.-EU Trade & Technology Council; EU-U.S. Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue; EU Digital Markets Act; EU Digital Services Act; EU Data Act; EU AI Act; EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism; Indias Information Communications Technology (ICT) Tariffs; Federal Trade Commission statutory authority under Section 19 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914; modernizing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); efforts to implement an outbound investment screening mechanism; efforts related to establishing a domestic carbon border tax mechanism; efforts related to modernizing customs processes and updating tariff application procedures including revisions to the de minimus statute; efforts to revise country of origin labeling requirements for animal products; efforts related to boosting trade relations with the Latin American region; efforts related to electric vehicle tax credit incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-UK Dialogue on the Future of Atlantic Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership; efforts to significantly revise U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty law; implementation and enforcement of U.S. free-trade agreements in force with Israel, Jordan, Chile, Singapore, Australia, Morocco, Bahrain, Oman, Peru, South Korea, Colombia, and Panama, as well as Canada and Mexico (the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement or USMCA) and El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica (the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement or DR-CAFTA); Implementation and enforcement of the agreements and ongoing negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO); Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank); trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; tax treaties with Chile and Poland; international affairs budget; international trade and regulatory practices impacting digital goods and services; international artificial intelligence policy; international 5G policy; international cybersecurity policy; international policies related to content moderation and intermediary liability; advancing international regulatory cooperation; steel and aluminum tariffs; trade policy concerns regarding customs duties on electronic transmissions; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the European Union; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the United Kingdom; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and Japan; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and China; proposed rules implementing Executive Order 13873, Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain; U.S.-Brazil trade; Pacific Digital Trade Agreements; U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; U.S. Trade Representative on initiation of section 301 investigation of Frances digital services tax; efforts to pass the Miscellaneous Tariff bill; reauthorization of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); Russian sovereign debt; Commercial Service Office in Bangladesh; Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and associated issues, digital trade de minimus level for duty free clearance of low value goods, competition provisions; patent examination practices and patent quality measures; USPTO-FDA collaboration efforts; tech transfer frameworks under the Bayh-Dole Act; artificial intelligence; recommendations for Export Controls Cooperation at the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council; small business innovation research; supply chain and defense industrial base issues; printed circuit boards; 21st Century customs framework; Customs reauthorization

1.World Trade Organization (WTO) trade compliance. India & China 2.Trade with: China, Colombia, Cuba, European Union, Iraq, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Taiwan, Vietnam, Haiti, United Kingdom 3.Non-tariff trade barriers 4.Shipping Issues and Compliance 5.S.653 Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2023 6.S.629 UNITED Act

Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Maritime Commission, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)