In a public event at the White House on April 2, President Trump announced the imposition of “reciprocal” tariffs on virtually all goods imported into the United States from all countries.
For certain countries the...more
On March 26, 2025, President Trump issued Proclamation 10908—Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts into the United States—that imposed an additional 25% tariff on all imports of automobiles and certain...more
On April 2, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order—Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports—that eliminates, for...more
On February 10 and 11, 2025, President Donald Trump issued two presidential proclamations—Adjusting Imports of Steel into The United States and Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into The United States—that fully reinstated and...more
2/17/2025
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On February 3, 2025, President Trump paused the new 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico for 30 days and warned about increased duties on imports from China.
In our blog post yesterday, Michael House discussed the...more
2/5/2025
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President-elect Donald Trump’s second term will almost certainly usher in profound changes to U.S. international trade and national security policy....more
1/17/2025
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On January 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury) regulation restricting U.S. outbound investments in certain advanced technology sectors in China (the Final Rule) takes effect. Thereafter, investments by...more
12/31/2024
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Technology ,
U.S. Treasury
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce is the government agency that compiles statistics about the U.S. economy, including the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). BEA also compiles statistics...more
5/30/2023
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"As I told Congress in July, my north star at BIS is to ensure that we are appropriately doing everything in our power to protect our national security and prevent sensitive technologies with military applications from being...more
11/9/2022
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Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector
Sunday, September 20, 2020, was intended to be the day on which prohibitions would go into effect on ByteDance Ltd. (ByteDance) and Tencent Holdings Ltd. (Tencent) and their subsidiaries—makers of the TikTok and WeChat apps,...more
9/23/2020
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WeChat
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders (the EOs) on August 6, 2020, an Executive Order on Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok (TikTok EO) and an Executive Order on Addressing the Threat Posed by WeChat (WeChat...more
8/12/2020
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The U.S. government on July 14, 2020, took two significant steps to address the evolving situation in Hong Kong. These were primarily in response to the enactment of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding...more
7/22/2020
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The U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on April 28, 2020, published two final rules and a proposed rule that substantially tighten the controls in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)....more
5/1/2020
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U.S. Commerce Department
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) published two final rules on January 17, 2019, to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) enacted in August 2018. The first...more
2/13/2020
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Foreign Investment ,
NAICS ,
National Security ,
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Real Estate Transactions
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), an agency of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, administers and enforces U.S. economic sanctions programs against targeted foreign governments, individuals, groups and entities...more
5/8/2019
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