An additional 2.1 million people applied for unemployment last week, bringing the total initial unemployment claims to more than 37 million since layoffs due to coronavirus began back in mid March. Last month, the unemployment rate reached a record high of 14.7%; now, the United States has surpassed an unemployment…
Congress Passes Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020
May 27, 2020
Congress has passed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020. The bill passed the House of Representatives with a vote of 417-1 and passed the Senate with unanimous consent. It now heads to President Trump for signature, however, last year Congress passed the similar “Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019”,…
U.S. to Stop Treating Hong Kong as Separate from China
May 27, 2020
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “certified to Congress today that Hong Kong does not continue to warrant treatment” separate from China. This decision stems from the recent passing of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019, which required that “Hong Kong must remain sufficiently autonomous…
FDA Announces Flexibility in Food Labeling Requirements
May 25, 2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is establishing “temporary flexibility in food labeling requirements” so that U.S. food manufactures may “make minor formulation changes… without updating the ingredient list on the packaged food”. Manufactures may make a change to product ingredients and not update the ingredients list when: “the ingredient being substituted…