President Biden took office at the height of modern American protectionism. The trade policy legacy he inherited from the Trump administration puts the United States at a crossroads. Will Biden go down the problematic path of executive overreach like his predecessor, or will he forge a new path? We may not need to wait long to find out. In his first trade action, President Biden reinstated tariffs on aluminum from the United Arab Emirates under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which authorizes the president to impose tariffs when a certain product is “being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair national security.” Though infrequently used in the past, Section 232 was a favored trade tool of the Trump administration, which was responsible for nearly a quarter of all Section 232 investigations initiated since 1962. While Congress has constitutional authority over trade policy, Section 232 gives th
Thalethia Routt currently serves as associate general counsel for the Finance and Administration Group within the university’s Office of Legal Counsel. Pete Comparoni | UK Photo.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 5, 2021) University of Kentucky alumna and Associate General Counsel Thalethia Routt has been appointed to the Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS) superintendent search committee.
Routt plans to continue the district’s momentum in the realm of diversity, ensuring that every cross section of the community is considered during this process.
“One of my goals is to make sure I solicit input from all areas,” she said. “I want to make sure that there’s a voice for the children in every socioeconomic group, the magnet programs, various activities and those whose first language is something other than English.”
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When President Buhari on June 4th, 2020 announced the withdrawal of the candidacy of Ambassador Yonov Frederick Agah, Deputy Director-General and Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for the position of Director-General for the organisation, replacing him with Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, quite a few feathers were ruffled, home and abroad. At home, some could not find justification for taking out a man with such depth of experience on international trade and WTO in particular, having been with the organisation since 2005 when he was appointed Nigeria’s Ambassador to the WTO, serving as Chair of the WTO’s General Council in 2011, among other notable positions.