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Kate Beale is a senior policy director in Crowell & Moring's Government Affairs Group and affiliated with C&M International, the global government relations, public policy, and public affairs affiliate of Crowell & Moring in the Washington, D.C. office. She supports clients in their efforts to shape legislative and regulatory policy. Kate brings 20 years of experience leading foreign policy, global health, humanitarian assistance and economic policy at the grassroots level, Congress, Obama administration, and private sector.

At the inaugural Supply Chain Summit on September 10, 2024, the US Department of Commerce introduced an innovative diagnostic risk assessment tool, marking a significant investment in the U.S. government’s ongoing efforts to fortify the nation’s supply chain ecosystem.

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On September 7, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce released the text of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) Supply Chain Agreement three days before a U.S. delegation is set to travel to Bangkok, Thailand for the fifth negotiating round. In this round, IPEF partners will focus on Pillars I (Trade)

This client alert summarizes the Administration’s ongoing trade priorities and summarize trade activities in the past year based on the Biden Administration’s 2023 Trade Policy Agenda and 2022 Annual Report, which was issued on March 1, 2023.

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On February 28, 2023, the Commerce Department released the first Notice of Funding Opportunity (“First NOFO”) under the recently enacted CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS Act), P.L. 117-167.  The First NOFO seeks applications for assistance—including direct funding, loans, and loan guarantees—for projects to construct, expand, or modernize commercial semiconductor facilities.  

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