On June 6, 2022, President Biden announced that the United States would allow solar cells and modules imported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam to enter the United States free from antidumping (ADD) and...more
6/9/2022
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On March 7, 2022, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) published a final rule that increases domestic content requirements for Federal government procurements governed by the Buy American Act (BAA). The...more
3/8/2022
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On March 25, 2021, the United States imposed sanctions on Myanma Economic Holdings Public Company Limited ("MEHL") and Myanmar Economic Corporation Limited ("MEC"), Burma's two largest military conglomerates. On the same day,...more
On February 24, President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) directing federal agencies to perform a 100-day review of "supply chain risks" for four classes of products: (1) semiconductors; (2) high-capacity batteries,...more
On January 25, President Biden signed an Executive Order that contemplates increasing the domestic content thresholds and price preferences for domestic goods under the Buy American Act ("BAA," 41 U.S.C. §§ 8301-8305). The...more
On September 30, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order (the "2020 Order") declaring a national emergency, pursuant to the National Emergencies Act (NEA, 50 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq.), with respect to the United States'...more
On May 1, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order prohibiting the acquisition, importation, transfer, or installation of certain “bulk-power system electric equipment” where the transaction involves property in which...more
5/6/2020
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