WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Akin Gump, a law firm, issued the following news release: For its article "Southeast Asia manufacturers sweat as U.S. mulls tougher tariff rules," Nikkei Asia quoted Akin Gump public law and policy senior counsel Josh Teitelbaum. The article discusses proposed reforms for eligibility under the U.S. General System of Preferences (GSP) that could be disadvantageous to some Southeast Asian countries. It notes that the GSP, which requires regular reauthorization by Congress,  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate issued the following news release on July 5, 2022: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the winners of the Cooling Solutions Challenge prize competition. The winners were each awarded funding, which totaled $195,000, for their innovative and creative ideas that sought climate-friendly cooling solutions to protect people in extreme heat conditions. In September 2021, DHS Secretar  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release on July 7, 2022: To mark her 100th day as head of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), President and Chair Reta Jo Lewis toured a small business EXIM success story in Pennsylvania today. Chair Lewis and EXIM staff toured AKAS Textiles, a minority-owned family business in Bensalem, Penn. that has seen double-digit growth every year since it was established in 2007. Amidst the COVID-19 pandem  more

NEW YORK, July 7 -- Hogan Lovells, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm Hogan Lovells advised IDB Invest as it granted a US$40 million financing package to Elcatex and San Juan Textiles, both members of the Elcatex Group, one of the main textile groups in Honduras with more than 15,000 employees. The financing consists of $25 million from IDB Invest and $15 million in mobilized capital. In addition, IDB Invest will offer technical advisory services for the development  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 7 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Abbott has made nine appointments to the Texas Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors for terms set to expire at the pleasure of the Governor. Additionally, the Governor has named Vicki Hollub as Chair. The corporation is the private side of a public-private partnership with the Governor's Office of Economic Development & Tourism tasked with marketing Texas, domestically and glo  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on July 7, 2022: Governor Greg Abbott today awarded 17 grants totaling nearly $1.3 million that will be distributed through the Governor's Summer Merit Program to Texas universities and community colleges for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) summer youth camps. Awarded by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), these funds will provide scholarships for 2,231 students ages 14 to 21 to attend the   more

BANBURY, England, July 6 (TNSres) -- The Waste and Resources Action Programme issued the following news release: The latest figures for surplus food redistribution in the UK show that the amount of food saved from becoming waste continues to rise significantly. But climate action NGO WRAP, which monitors UK surplus food as part of its food waste prevention work, warns that each year nearly 200,000 tonnes of perfectly good food still go to waste in the supply chain. Against a backdrop of rising  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, July 7 (TNSres) -- West Virginia University issued the following news: After years of use, mattresses and the wood, metal and textiles that compose them are eventually discarded into landfills, creating methane gases while their chemicals and dyes seep into soil and groundwater. A team of West Virginia University researchers, led by Sunidhi Mehta, assistant professor of fashion merchandising in the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, will rec  more