SILVERADO NEWS

TRADE & INDUSTRIAL SECURITY: Silverado’s Deputy Executive Director Adina Renee Adler and Policy Analyst Haley Ryan wrote in Lawfare on “China’s Growing Influence over Latin America’s Mineral Resources.”

ECO²SEC: Silverado interviewed Dr. Katharina Kummer Peiry on “What to Watch for at the Basel Convention COP.”

GEOPOLITICS: Silverado’s Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Dmitri Alperovitch hosted a podcast discussion on “The Long War: Analysis of the war in Ukraine.”

Here’s what caught our eye this week:

KEY ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS

White House:

• Remarks by President Biden at the Opening Plenary Session of the Ninth Summit of Americas
• FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Launches the U.S.-Caribbean Partnership to Address the Climate Crisis 2030 (PACC 2030)
• FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes New Standards for National Electric Vehicle Charging Network
• FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity
• Statement from President Biden on Trade in Goods and Services
• Memorandum on Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, on Solar Photovoltaic Modules and Module Components
• Declaration of Emergency and Authorization for Temporary Extensions of Time and Duty-Free Importation of Solar Cells and Modules from Southeast Asia
• FACT SHEET: President Biden Takes Bold Executive Action to Spur Domestic Clean Energy Manufacturing

Department of Commerce:

• Department of Commerce Statement on President Biden’s Proclamation on Solar Cells and Modules
• Canada Border Service Agency and U.S. Department of Commerce renew focus on keeping sensitive technologies and goods out of Russian hands
• Temporary Denial Order Issued for Illegal Export of Satellite, Rocket, and Defense Technology to China

Office of the United States Trade Representative:

• USTR Announces New Declaration on Good Regulatory Practices

Department of Treasury:

• READOUT: U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Office of the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Host Discussion on Enhancing the Impact of Net-Zero Finance Commitments

Department of Energy: 

• President Biden Invokes Defense Production Act to Accelerate Domestic Manufacturing of Clean Energy

CONGRESSIONAL ACTION

Senate Finance Committee:

• Upcoming Hearing: Supply Chain Resiliency: Alleviating Backlogs and Strengthening Long-Term Security

Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee:

• Hearing: Rising Threats: Ransomware Attacks and Ransom Payments Enabled by Cryptocurrency

House Homeland Security Committee:

• Hearing: Terrorism and Cryptocurrency: Industry Perspectives

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission:

• 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:

• As U.S. Prepares to Host Summit of Americas, Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduces Resolution to Promote Nearshoring, Strengthening Economic Relations with Latin America, Carribean
• Hearing: European Energy Security: America’s Role in Supporting Europe’s Energy Diversification Agenda

House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis:

• Upcoming Hearing: State Perspectives on Cutting Methane Pollution
• Hearing: Turning the Tide for Ocean Climate Action: Unleashing the Climate Benefits of our Blue Planet

House Committee on Science, Space, & Technology:

• Hearing: Detecting and Quantifying Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector

House Armed Services Committee:

• Upcoming Markup: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023