U.S. proposes identity rules for stablecoin issuers.
Today's events
Stablecoin ID rule.
Five U.S. financial regulators — led by Treasury's financial-crimes bureau — proposed a joint rule requiring issuers of payment stablecoins to verify customer identities, extending bank-style anti-money-laundering checks to dollar-pegged crypto tokens.1Jun 22 · TreasuryU.S.–India trade.
Trade Representative Greer travels to New Delhi to advance an interim U.S.–India trade agreement with Commerce Minister Goyal, then to Tashkent for talks with Uzbekistan's president on “fair, balanced, and reciprocal” trade.2Jun 21 · USTRColombia call.
Secretary of State Rubio phoned Colombian President-elect Abelardo De La Espriella to congratulate him on his runoff win, pledging closer cooperation on regional security, migration, and trade with the incoming right-leaning government.3Jun 21 · StateConcrete merger.
The Justice Department sued to block Japan-based Taiheiyo Cement's $712 million purchase of Vulcan Materials' ready-mix concrete assets, then settled: its U.S. unit must divest three San Diego plants to a rival buyer.4Jun 22 · DOJChina refrigerant duties.
Commerce locked 24 Chinese makers of the refrigerant R-134a into the 167 percent “China-wide” antidumping rate after none qualified for a separate margin, sustaining steep duties on the auto- and cooling-sector chemical.5Jun 22 · CommercePower-export rule.
The Energy Department finalized a rule simplifying the process for companies to apply to export electricity to a foreign country, removing application requirements it deemed unnecessary under the Federal Power Act.6Jun 22 · DOECancer drug pulled.
The FDA withdrew approval of Epizyme's lymphoma and sarcoma drug TAZVERIK after a confirmatory trial showed an increased rate of second cancers; the company, owned by France's Ipsen, requested the withdrawal.7Jun 22 · FDAAir-rule repeal.
Acting under a congressional resolution the President signed, the EPA formally erased its 2024 air-toxics standards for rubber-tire manufacturing — the first federal emissions limits on the rubber-processing step, now void.8Jun 22 · EPAAI-server zone.
Super Micro asked the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to assemble AI server systems, graphics chips, and liquid-cooling gear at its Silicon Valley plants under trade-zone status — components that can carry Section 301 China tariffs.9Jun 22 · Commerce
Allied Governments
Colombia border closures.
Britain's Foreign Office updated its Colombia travel advice for the June 21 presidential runoff, noting border closures with five neighbors through June 22 and renewing warnings against travel near the Venezuela frontier.aJun 20 · UK FCDO
Voices
“This result reflects the will of the Colombian people and their commitment to democracy.”
Spokesperson Tommy Pigott, State Dept. · Jun 213
“Ready-mix concrete is a key input for construction and infrastructure projects across the country that are critical to strengthening the American economy.”
Acting AAG Omeed A. Assefi, DOJ Antitrust · Jun 224
“This final rule will simplify the application process for authorizations to transmit electric energy to a foreign country, as required by the Federal Power Act.”
DOE Office of Electricity, final rule · Jun 226
“Ambassador Greer will conduct each of these meetings with his counterparts to discuss achieving fair, balanced, and reciprocal trade with the United States.”
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative · Jun 212
“Distribution of Epizyme's TAZVERIK (tazemetostat) tablet, 200 mg, into interstate commerce without an approved application is illegal and subject to regulatory action.”
FDA, Notice of Withdrawal · Jun 227
“Congress passed, and the President signed, a joint resolution of disapproval of the 2024 Rubber Tire Rule.”
EPA, final rule (CRA revocation) · Jun 228
Sources
- Federal Register (Treasury / FinCEN, OCC, Federal Reserve, FDIC, NCUA), “Permitted Payment Stablecoin Issuer Customer Identification Program” (joint proposed rule), June 22, 2026. federalregister.gov/…/stablecoin-issuer-customer-identification
- Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, “Ambassador Greer to Travel to India and Uzbekistan,” June 21, 2026. ustr.gov/…/ambassador-greer-travel-india-and-uzbekistan
- U.S. Dept. of State, “Congratulating Colombian President-Elect De La Espriella,” June 21, 2026. state.gov/releases/…/congratulating-colombian-president-elect
- U.S. Dept. of Justice, Antitrust Division, “Justice Department Requires Taiheiyo Cement Corporation and CalPortland Company to Divest Assets…,” June 2026. justice.gov/opa/pr/…/taiheiyo-cement-calportland-divest
- Federal Register (U.S. Dept. of Commerce), “1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane (R-134a) From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025,” June 22, 2026. federalregister.gov/…/r-134a-china-antidumping-final
- Federal Register (U.S. Dept. of Energy), “Application for Authorization To Transmit Electric Energy to a Foreign Country” (final rule), June 22, 2026. federalregister.gov/…/transmit-electric-energy-foreign-country
- Federal Register (Food and Drug Administration), “Epizyme, Inc.; Withdrawal of Approval of New Drug Application for TAZVERIK (Tazemetostat) Tablet, 200 Milligrams,” June 22, 2026. federalregister.gov/…/tazverik-withdrawal
- Federal Register (Environmental Protection Agency), “Congressional Review Act Revocation of 2024 Amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing,” June 22, 2026. federalregister.gov/…/rubber-tire-cra-revocation
- Federal Register (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Foreign-Trade Zones Board), “Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 18, Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Super Micro Computer, Inc.,” June 22, 2026. federalregister.gov/…/ftz-18-super-micro-computer
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, “Foreign travel advice: Colombia,” June 20, 2026. gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/colombia