Friday Policy Wine Down - June 3, 2022
A snapshot of the past week in cyber, trade, and environmental policy news.
06/03/2022 | Silverado Policy Accelerator
SILVERADO NEWS
GEOPOLITICS: Upcoming: Silverado’s Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Dmitri Alperovitch will host a Twitter Spaces discussion on “The War in Ukraine: the latest with Michael Kofman and Rob Lee.”
GEOPOLITICS: Silverado’s Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Dmitri Alperovitch joined the New York Times in a Twitter Spaces conversation on “How might Russia’s war in Ukraine end?”
GEOPOLITICS: Silverado’s Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Dmitri Alperovitch hosted a podcast discussion on “Inside the West’s Economic War Against Russia: Analysis of the war in Ukraine.”
Here’s what caught our eye this week:
KEY ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS
White House:
- FACT SHEET: United States Takes Further Actions to Counter Sanctions Evasion by Russia
- Statement by President Joe Biden on Additional Security Assistance to Ukraine
- A Proclamation on Adjusting Imports of Steel to into the United States
- A Proclamation on Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the United States
Department of Commerce:
- Readout of Deputy Secretary Don Graves meeting with European Commission on Export Control Enforcement Coordination
- Deputy Secretary Don Graves joins Dutch Semiconductor Equipment Company ASML to Announce $200 Million Semiconductor Investment in Connecticut
- Commerce Adds 71 Entities to Entity List in Latest Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
- Commerce Revises Russia and Belarus Export Controls, Enhances Transparency of Future Enforcement Proceedings
Office of the United States Trade Representative:
Department of Defense:
- Fact Sheet on U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine
- $700 Million in Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine
Department of Treasury:
Department of Justice:
Department of State:
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee:
- Upcoming Hearing: Rising Threats: Ransomware Attacks and Ransom Payments Enabled by Cryptocurrency
- ICYMI: Peters Releases Report on Rise of Ransomware Attacks and How Cryptocurrencies Facilitate Cybercrimes
House Homeland Security Committee:
- Upcoming Hearing: Terrorism and Cryptocurrency: Industry Perspectives
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission:
- Upcoming Hearing: U.S.-China Competition in Global Supply Chains
House Foreign Affairs Committee:
- Upcoming Hearing: U.S. Efforts to Support European Energy Security
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations:
- Upcoming Hearing: European Energy Security: America’s Role in Supporting Europe’s Energy Diversification Agenda
House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis:
- Upcoming Hearing: Turning the Tide for Ocean Climate Action: Unleashing the Climate Benefits of our Blue Planet
House Armed Services Committee:
- Upcoming Markup: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
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