China on April 4, 2025, announced a third and significantly escalated round of retaliatory measures in response to the United States' latest tariff action. This follows President Donald Trump's Executive Order (EO) 14257...more
4/9/2025
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Tariffs of 10 percent on all Chinese imports took effect on Feb. 4, 2025, following President Donald Trump's executive order under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
China responded with 10 percent...more
2/6/2025
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President Donald Trump on Feb. 1, 2025, issued three executive orders (Tariff EOs) imposing additional duties on Canada, Mexico and China pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (collectively, IEEPA...more
2/6/2025
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President-Elect Donald Trump on Nov. 25, 2024, announced his intention to impose additional 10 percent tariffs on China, as well as additional 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada. He has not yet indicated which authority...more
12/5/2024
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The U.S. Department of State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) and U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on Oct. 23, 2024, published a set of three rules concerning space-related...more
12/2/2024
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The U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of State have been continuously easing restrictions on export-controlled trade between the United States, United Kingdom and Australia to foster technological innovation...more
8/29/2024
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In the past year, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the U.S. Department of State's Directorate of...more
3/1/2023
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The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) recently published a Request for Public Comments regarding the newly formed Export Control Working Group of the U.S.-European Union (EU) Trade and...more
12/29/2021
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The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on Dec. 23, 2020, amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to remove Hong Kong as a separate destination listed in the EAR....more
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on April 28, 2020, published two final rules and one proposed rule that amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), with the goal of limiting the...more
5/1/2020
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• President Donald Trump saying at the recent G20 Summit in Japan that American companies could keep selling products to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Huawei) was another installment in the drama surrounding the Chinese tech...more
7/17/2019
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Amended definitions under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) became effective today, Sept. 1, 2016. Although there are no significant changes to the scope or...more
9/2/2016
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