AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoUS Trade & Industry: New Section 232 price floors for solar imports set a $100/kg threshold for ingots and wafers and require importers to certify their products clear minimum prices, with downstream derivatives also hit by tariffs. Drone Costs: US drone tariffs took effect Sept. 3, doubling thermal drone costs for US public safety users; most rely on DJI hardware and there’s no comparable domestic alternative. Sanctions & Metals: A US appeals court upheld broad OFAC Russia sanctions risk for metals and mining traders, extending “operating” status to downstream purchasers. Liechtenstein-Facing Finance & Cyber: Switzerland will still launch its corporate transparency registry Oct. 1 despite warnings after Liechtenstein’s beneficial-ownership register hack; separately, Pocket Bitcoin’s breach expanded to 5,411 customers and triggered Swiss and Liechtenstein notifications. Payments & Fintech: Mastercard and PayInit plan card-based cross-border P2P transfers for Swiss banks using identifiers like phone numbers and email. Regional Business Links: Sporteurope.TV extended US Open rights through 2030, keeping non-exclusive pay-TV rights in Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and South Tyrol. Trade Policy Context: EU steel import rules tighten “smelting and casting” documentation to curb circumvention.
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