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United States: Any Port in a Storm: USTR to Investigate Chinese Shipbuilding Subsidies

Import and Trade Remedies

On April 22, 2024, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced its initiation of a Section 301 investigation into China’s acts, policies and practices in the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors.

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An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

Procurement Notes

Nonetheless, from 2013 to 2018, “[y]ear-over-year [wage] growth has mostly ranged between 2% and 3%[.]” [8] So, with recent wage growth of 5.5%, wage growth has been accelerating. Defense Logistics Acquisition Directive (“DLAD”) 16.203-2 provides an example of amending a contract to add in an EPA clause. Wages and salaries rose 5.7

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Government Contracts Inflation Update

Procurement Notes

” [23] Data is also provided by occupational group (currently relying on the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (“SOC”)), industry group (currently relying on the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (“NAICS”)), geographical census division (there are nine (e.g., increase in wages/salary, and a 4.8% After all, U.S.