Key Points -
- President-elect Trump’s tariff threats have created considerable uncertainty for importers and U.S. businesses relying on imports.
- The incoming president could impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and...more
1/15/2025
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Trump Administration
On November 25, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced that, on his first day in office, he would impose new tariffs on all imports from Canada, Mexico and China.
Specifically, in posts on the social media platform...more
12/2/2024
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Trading with the Enemy Act ,
Trump Administration ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has opened a process whereby parties can request exclusions from Section 301 tariffs for imports of certain Chinese-origin machinery used in manufacturing. The launch of this...more
On May 14, 2024, President Joe Biden announced that he had directed the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to add or increase tariffs on a range of goods originating from China, including electric vehicles (EVs),...more
5/15/2024
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USTR
The oversight obligations of boards continue to expand. Recent enforcement actions and new laws in areas such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and supply chains create new challenges for boards, as we explain in this...more
2/19/2024
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Artificial Intelligence ,
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Canada ,
China ,
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Corporate Governance ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
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Financial Services Industry ,
Forced Labor ,
Germany ,
International Labor Laws ,
Life Sciences ,
Machine Learning ,
Manufacturers ,
Mergers ,
NGOs ,
Political Campaigns ,
Political Contributions ,
Political Conventions ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Activism ,
Shareholders ,
Technology Sector ,
UK ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
Key Points -
- In light of the vigorous enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, boards in their oversight role should ensure that their companies conduct heightened diligence on their supply chains, including...more
2/13/2024
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UK ,
US Trade Policies ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
Key Points -
- New SEC rules from 2023 require public companies to report material cybersecurity incidents promptly and detail their cybersecurity risk management strategies in annual reports — requirements that increase...more
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) enforcement landscape continues to evolve, as evident in several recent developments:
On October 24, 2023, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (the Commission)...more
On October 30, 2023, the SEC filed a litigated complaint against SolarWinds, a software development company, and Timothy Brown, its chief information security officer (CISO). The SEC alleges that from October 2018, when...more
11/7/2023
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Corporate Governance ,
Cyber Attacks ,
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Disclosure ,
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Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
SolarWinds