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“We are discussing in our interagency: 'What is the best way to promulgate rules that is going to be responsive to the national security concerns that we have, but at the same time allow for public comment?'”

“I unfortunately think they are more likely than not to be imposed in mid-November,” Peter Beyer told Reuters. “There is quite a lot of impatience on the U.S. side. But that also requires us on the European side to be strong and unified.”

Chinese telecom giant Huawei will remain on the Bureau of Industry and Security’s entities list, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Tuesday, adding that export licenses for companies seeking to sell to Huawei will remain “under presumption of denial” but Commerce will issue licenses in cases when national security is not at stake.

The Commerce Department’s plans to use countervailing duties on trading partners that undervalue their currency relative to the U.S. dollar lack details on implementation and could afford the agency too much power, former government officials say.

FedEx is suing the Commerce Department over the implementation of the Export Control Reform Act, claiming that a lack of a safe harbor for common carriers in the U.S. Export Administration Regulations violates the company’s Fifth Amendment rights.

The chairman of a key committee in the Mexican Senate told his U.S. counterparts this month that Mexican workers in the tomato industry could lose their jobs if the U.S. doesn't agree to a new suspension agreement, which could make them turn to immigration “as an option.”

The two sides continue to negotiate.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Wednesday said Europe’s recent parliamentary elections were holding up trade negotiations between the U.S. and European Union.

Automotive exports dropped 7.2 percent