一 | In a statement put out by House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) on Monday, a group of Democratic lawmakers, joined by Republican Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), announced they were introducing the Respect for Marriage Act. According to the lawmakers, the bill “would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), enshrine marriage equality for the purposes of federal law, and provide additional legal protections for marriage equality.”,“Three weeks ago, a conservative majority on the Supreme Court not only repealed Roe v Wade and walked back 50 years of precedent, it signaled that other rights, like the right to same-sex marriage, are next on the chopping block,” Nadler said in the release. “As this Court may take aim at other fundamental rights, we cannot sit idly by as the hard-earned gains of the Equality movement are systematically eroded.”,In addition to repealing DOMA, which explicitly allowed states to refuse to recognize same-gender marriages, the Respect for Marriage Act would make it federal law that an individual would be considered married if the marriage was valid in the state where it was performed, and protect the “full faith and credit” of their marriage, as well as provide both them and the US Attorney General with avenues for action against such infractions.,House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said on Monday that the bill was slated for a floor vote in the majority-Democrat chamber before the end of the week.,Ted Cruz Weighs in Opposing SCOTUS Ruling Allowing Same-Sex MarriageYesterday, 16:42 GMT,Same-gender marriage was legalized nationwide in 2015 after the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Obergefell vs. Hopkins that denying someone the right to marry a person of the same gender as them violated their right to equal protection under the law provided by the Fourteenth Amendment.,However, when the high court issued its decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson last month and overturned Roe vs. Wade, a 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide, it signaled that several other cases could also soon be on the chopping block, including Obergefell and other decisions that established the right to privacy, to contraception, and to sex with someone of the same gender.,When it comes to both abortion and same-gender marriage, many US states kept laws on the books banning them even after the Supreme Court ruled them unconstitutional. When Roe was overturned last month, those laws reactivated, immediately banning abortions in numerous US states.,Prior to the Obergefell ruling, 36 states and the District of Columbia recognized and allowed same-gender marriages.,Another effort to protect LGBTQ rights, the Equality Act, has stalled in the Senate amid Republican intransigence and an unwillingness by the Democrats to remove the filibuster rule allowing a minority of senators to block any potential vote on a bill. The act would ban discrimination against LGBTQ people across a wide swath of US public life, including in employment and access to public facilities, by adding gender identity and sexuality to the 1964 Civil Rights Act.。
二 | 讯 8月22日，作为亚太经合组织（APEC）“中国年”系列活动的重要组成部分，为期三天的APEC海关手续分委会2026年第二次全体会议在辽宁大连召开。中国海关总署副署长张宝峰表示，APEC各经济体应加大力度消除贸易壁垒，采取更多切实措施破解跨境贸易瓶颈，使亚太供应链更安全、更稳定、更高效。 “安全与便利是海关治理的永恒主题。
三 | ”张宝峰说，在全球供应链日益碎片化的背景下，调整规则和标准、加强供应链韧性从未像现在这样紧迫。希望各方以此次会议为契机，深化规则标准对接，加强风险防控监管协调，降低交易成本，提高通关效率，为企业提供更安全、更透明、更可预期的营商环境。 当前，亚太地区人口占世界三分之一，经济占比超过六成，贸易占比接近全球一半，是世界经济增长的重要引擎。中国作为亚太大家庭的一员，今年前7个月，与APEC其他经济体进出口总额达18.03万亿元，同比增长21%，增速高于同期我国货物贸易整体水平，区域合作潜力巨大。 观摩智能设备、交流经验思路、凝聚发展共识……中国海关现场分享了智慧海关合作伙伴计划的最新进展，举办了智慧海关建设成果展陈。为进一步深化APEC海关合作，张宝峰还提出三点主张：一是弘扬真正的多边主义，共筑开放包容的亚太合作新格局；二是勇立数字时代潮头，以科技创新重塑海关治理新范式；三是统筹安全与便利，以强韧稳健的供应链体系支撑亚太持久繁荣。
四 | 当天，会议还宣布审议通过了中方倡议合作文件《APEC海关推动技术与创新 共促贸易安全与便利》。 APEC海关手续分委会成立于1994年，中国海关是2026年APEC海关手续分委会主席，此次会议是APEC海关手续分委会继今年2月在广州召开第一次全体会议后的又一次深度对话。重点围绕人工智能、智慧海关、电子提单、跨境电商、国际贸易“单一窗口”等前沿议题，来自APEC全部21个经济体的海关代表，有关政府部门、国际组织及工商界代表100余人参加会议。版权申明：凡注有“”或电头为“”的稿件，均为独家版权所有，未经许可不得转载或镜像；授权转载必须注明来源为“”，并保留“”的电头。
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