Biden Admin Extends Sanctions Waiver Freeing Up $10 Billion For Iran
Biden Admin Extends Sanctions Waiver Freeing Up $10 Billion For Iran Jake Smith on November 14, 2023 The Biden administration is extending a sanctions waiver that will allow Iran continued access to…
US tightens conditions of Visa Waiver Program for Hungary
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The United States imposed restrictions for Hungarian passport holders under its Visa Waiver Program on Tuesday, saying Budapest has not addressed security vulnerabilities repeatedly raised by…
US House Speaker McCarthy threatens to block funding for Chile waiver program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Friday threatened to use congressional appropriations to block funding for a U.S. visa waiver program for Chile, blaming rising criminal activity…
US House votes to repeal Biden solar tariff waiver
(Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to repeal President Joe Biden’s suspension of tariffs on solar panels from four Southeast Asian nations with manufacturing facilities owned by China.…
Brazilian senator files Lula’s welfare waiver from spending cap for 4 years
BRASILIA (Reuters) -A controversial proposal to make room for more spending in the 2023 budget under Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was formally presented to Congress on Monday, providing for…
Brazil spending waiver may trigger record debt, crimp monetary policy
By Marcela Ayres and Bernardo Caram BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s incoming government effort to exempt nearly 200 billion reais ($37 billion) of spending from a constitutional budget cap could push public debt…
IMF grants Malawi waiver after it overstated its reserves
BLANTYRE (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund’s executive board has granted Malawi a waiver after it misreported its international reserves, the IMF said on Thursday, helping clear the way for new lending.…
FAA ends COVID minimum international flight waiver at NY, DC airports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Wednesday it is ending temporary waivers of minimum international flight requirements at some major U.S. airports first adopted in March 2020 due…
SK Hynix secures one-year waiver from U.S. govt on chip equipment for its facilities in China
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc said on Wednesday it has received authorization from the U.S. Department of Commerce to receive chip equipment needed for its chip production facilities in…
F-35 jet deliveries can resume following waiver for Chinese-origin alloy, Pentagon says
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Deliveries can resume for Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 jet under a waiver allowing Chinese-origin alloy to go into an engine part, the Pentagon said on Saturday.…
BP-chartered diesel tanker docks in Puerto Rican after U.S. waiver
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -A ship carrying a cargo of diesel fuel initially barred from hurricane-hit Puerto Rico anchored at the island’s Guayanilla port on Friday to unload under a Biden…
U.S. approves temporary shipping waiver for Puerto Rico after hurricane
By David Shepardson (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Wednesday approved a waiver of U.S. shipping rules to address Puerto Rico’s immediate energy and other essential needs in the wake of a devastating…
U.S. EPA approves emergency fuel waiver in Texas after refinery outage
(Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an emergency air-quality waiver through June 6 to boost supplies of gasoline in East Texas after production was cut at a regional refinery.…
Biden administration studying whether biofuel waiver could ease food inflation -sources
By Jarrett Renshaw – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is studying whether waiving biofuel blending mandates could help offset a surge in prices for key food ingredients like corn and soy oil…
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