Posts by Ann Kane Rheault

February 7, 2022 The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced on February 4, 2022, that the United States and the European Union (EU) have concluded negotiations to allow for the resumption of bilateral trade in bivalve molluscan shellfish. For the first time since 2011, U.S. producers, beginning in the states of Massachusetts and…

In this Letter the ECSGA, PCSGA, Shellfish Growers Climate Coalition and Oyster South ask Congress to seriously address climate change in the Fall 2021 infrastructure and reconciliation bills.

The  U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is launching a streamlined application portal to allow borrowers with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans of $150,000 or less through participating lenders to apply for forgiveness directly through the SBA.      This new change will help rush relief to over 6.5 million of the smallest of small businesses, which…