这份证词讨论了我们长期以来对美国食品药品监督管理局监督全球药品供应链的担忧,这是自2009年以来我们的高风险名单上的一个问题。供应美国市场的药品制造商中,50%以上在海外
The initial slate of electric vehicles qualifying for the new $7,500 federal tax credit in the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act was announced earlier this month. Key to eligibility is the source of critical minerals used in their batteries. While the list of acceptable nations of origin is still being worked out, there's an important practical question the IRS should ask: Do carmakers really know where their critical minerals come from? This is not the first time U.S. companies have been required to trace the origins of minerals. Section 1502 of the landmark Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act requires electronics manufacturers to disclose whether their products contain “conflict minerals,” that is, tantalum, tin, tungsten, or gold from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or adjoining countries. It turns out that meeting this requirement has been fraught with uncertainty. Six years after implementation, some 80 percent of companies reporting to the SEC were still “unable to determine their raw materials' country of origin,” according to a 2017 study in Harvard Business Review. Even now, Fortune 500 companies produce vague statements like, “we found no reasonable basis for concluding that ()” their products contain conflict minerals. .
有资格获得新的联邦税收抵免的电动汽车最初名单于4月公布。合格的关键是电池中使用的关键矿物的来源。虽然可接受的原产国名单仍在制定中,但美国国税局应该问一个重要的实际问题:汽车制造商真的知道他们的关键矿物来自哪里吗?
氢气(H2)在欧盟和美国的脱碳计划中发挥着关键作用。双方都推出了积极的氢气战略,以增加氢气的产生和相关技术的部署。但由于中国能源转型的加速,这些大胆的雄心可能会面临阻力。
氢气(H2)在欧盟和美国的脱碳计划中发挥着关键作用。双方都推出了积极的氢气战略,以增加氢气的产生和相关技术的部署。但由于中国能源转型的加速,这些大胆的雄心可能会面临阻力。
China's domination of the rare earth market is a matter of economic and national security concern. Existing plans to diversify the market and help the United States break its reliance on China likely don't go far enough or fast enough, and the clock is running.