Here’s what caught our eye this week:

KEY ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS

White House:

• Remarks by President Biden on Russia’s Unprovoked and Unjustified Attack on Ukraine
• The Biden-Harris Plan to Revitalize American Manufacturing and Secure Critical Supply Chains in 2022
• Fact Sheet: Securing a Made in America Supply Chain for Critical Materials

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:

• USTR Opposes Canada’s Digital Tax Services Act Proposal

Department of Commerce:

• Commerce Implements Sweeping Restrictions on Exports to Russia in Response to Further Invasion of Ukraine
• Joint Statement by Secretaries Raimondo and Mayorkas on Assessment of the Critical Supply Chains Supporting the Information and Communications Technology Industry

Department of Homeland Security:

• DHS Designated as the Lead Federal Agency to Respond to Russia-Related Impacts on the United States

Department of Defense:

• Defense Department Releases Report on Strengthening Defense-Critical Supply Chains

Department of Treasury

• U.S. Treasury Announces Unprecedented & Expansive Sanctions Against Russia, Imposing Swift and Severe Economic Costs
• U.S. Treasury Targets Belarusian Support for Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Department of Justice

• Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen Delivers Remarks on Countering Nation-State Threats

Export-Import Bank of the United States:

• Statement from Export-Import Bank of the United States President and Chair Reta Jo Lewis on the One Year Anniversary of President Biden’s Supply Chain Executive Order

Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency:

• CISA Releases New Insight to Help Critical Infrastructure Owners Prepare For and Mitigate Foreign Influence Operations

Department of Energy:

• DOE Releases First-Ever Comprehensive Strategy to Secure America’s Clean Energy Supply Chain
• DOE Announces $150 Million to Reduce Climate Impacts of Energy Technologies and Manufacturing

Department of State:

• Department of State Presence in Ukraine
• Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry “Implementation Plus: Global Climate Action in 2022”

CONGRESSIONAL ACTION

House Ways and Means Committee:

• Neal Vows Ways and Means Response to Russian Invasion of Ukraine

House Committee on Homeland Security:

• Thompson, Torres, Clarke Release Statement on Russian Invasion of Ukraine

House Select Committee on Intelligence:

• Chairman Schiff on Russian Invasion of Ukraine

House Foreign Affairs Committee:

• Meeks Issues Statement on US Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Senate Foreign Relations Committee:

• Chairman Menendez Statement on Latest Round of Russia Sanctions
• Risch: Putin is a Madman - the NYET Act Must be Taken Up and Passed

INTERNATIONAL ACTION

• WTO members agree on mid-June dates for reconvening MC12

SILVERADO NEWS

• TRADE & INDUSTRIAL SECURITY: How Congress Can Ensure CHIPS Act Funding Advances National Security by Silverado’s Executive Director Sarah Stewart and CNAS's Emily Kilcrease in Lawfare
• TRADE & INDUSTRIAL SECURITY: Silverado Event Recap: “2022 Export Enforcement Priorities”
• STATECRAFT: Dmitri Alperovitch on the risks of escalation in The Economist
• ECO²SEC: "Counting Carbon" by Silverado’s Junior Economist and Policy Analyst Meagan Reid for the Silverado blog
• GENERAL: Celebrating Silverado Policy Accelerator’s First Year