Enactment of the massive infrastructure package creates funding opportunities as federal agencies prepare to award funds across a large swath of U.S. sectors and industries, including energy, broadband, water, transportation,...more
11/9/2021
/ Affordable Housing ,
Biden Administration ,
Broadband ,
Child Care ,
Cybersecurity ,
Education Reform ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Energy Sector ,
Green Energy ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Infrastructure ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Paid Leave ,
SALT ,
Tax Increases ,
Water
On October 21, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced an interim final rule (Interim Rule), which will amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to add controls for the...more
The Senate action sets the stage for weeks of fierce negotiation and tough compromises, including for those seeking infrastructure funding “wins” and the targets of new “pay-for” measures to fund the bill, including through...more
On July 30, 2021, the Biden Administration published a Proposed Amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (Proposed Rule) that, among other things, would impose significantly increased U.S. content requirements...more
GSA issues new regulations requiring certification as to foreign ownership and foreign financing of high-security leased space.
Effective June 30, 2021, GSA has adopted new regulations mandating the disclosure of foreign...more
As part of its continuing efforts to protect US communications networks from communications equipment and services that pose a national security risk, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on June 17, 2021, released a...more
In passing the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, China creates the most wide-ranging legal tool to counter sanctions imposed by the U.S., the European Union and other foreign countries.
All entities and individuals (including...more
E.O. 14032 signals that the Biden Administration will continue to restrict U.S. investments into China’s defense and surveillance technology sectors.
The prior Administration’s November 2020 Executive Order (E.O.) 13959...more
Following the new Export Control Law of China that encourages all exporters to establish an internal compliance program, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has published guidelines for the internal compliance programs of...more
5/13/2021
/ Audits ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Contingency Plans ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
MOFCOM ,
New Guidance ,
Policy Statement ,
Risk Assessment ,
Training
On April 15, 2021, the U.S. Government announced broad new sanctions authorities that can be used to target Russia and implemented limitations on dealings in Russian sovereign debt. These measures were imposed pursuant to a...more
In response to the recent military coup in Myanmar (also known as Burma) against the democratically-elected government, on February 11, 2021 the Biden Administration issued an Executive Order on Blocking Property with Respect...more
Summary of the EO -
On January 12, 2021, former President Trump issued an EO on Promoting Small Modular Reactors for National Defense and Space Exploration. The EO directs the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of...more
2/4/2021
/ Aerospace ,
Biden Administration ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Sector ,
Executive Orders ,
NASA ,
New Legislation ,
Nuclear Power ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
On January 13, 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a withhold-release order (WRO) on all cotton and tomato products from China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) based on information that reasonably...more
On January 19, 2021, the Commerce Department issued an interim final rule to implement the Executive Order on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain (E.O. 13873), which was issued on...more
Federal government lessees seeking to occupy high-security spaces in foreign-owned buildings will be required to obtain complete beneficial ownership and impose access restrictions on owners and property managers.
The...more
1/8/2021
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
CFIUS ,
Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Espionage ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Ownership ,
GAO ,
National Security ,
Property Managers ,
Security Risk Assessments
On December 21, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a Military End User (MEU) list to further implement the military end user/end use (MEU) rule defined in Section 744.21 of the Export Administration...more
On December 14, 2020, the U.S. Department of State initiated a series of sanctions pursuant to Section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) that target the Turkish Presidency of Defense...more
On November 12, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order (E.O.) prohibiting U.S. persons from engaging in any transaction (defined as a “purchase for value”) of publicly traded securities, or transacting in financial...more
Despite fundamentally different approaches and worldviews, the candidates make remarkably similar diagnoses of what historical issues must be addressed.
Despite the combative rhetoric over President Trump’s use of tariffs...more
10/30/2020
/ CFIUS ,
China ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Donald Trump ,
Fair Trade Agreements (FTA) ,
Foreign Policy ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
International Trade ,
Joe Biden ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Wars ,
Trans-Pacific Partnership ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
Doubling down on an America First foreign policy, a second term for President Trump would focus on continued unwinding post 9/11 military involvement in the Middle East while pursuing normalization of ties between Israel and...more
10/29/2020
/ America First Trade Policy ,
China ,
Donald Trump ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Foreign Policy ,
Human Rights ,
Iran ,
Israel ,
Joe Biden ,
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) ,
Middle East ,
Paris Agreement ,
Russia ,
Saudi Arabia ,
US State Departments ,
USAID
As part of the Indian government’s initiatives to revitalize the Indian economy, particularly defense manufacturing, it recently announced new initiatives aimed at foreign defense contractors and investment.
The Indian...more
Continuing its “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran, the United States has (a) ratcheted up sanctions under Executive Orders that provide for the imposition of secondary sanctions on non-U.S. companies that engage in...more
On October 5, 2020, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule that imposes new multilateral controls on six “emerging technologies,” agreed during the December 2019 plenary meeting...more
On September 18, 2020, the U.S. Commerce Department published two rules defining the scope of prohibited transactions related to the mobile applications, WeChat and TikTok. The scope of prohibited transactions clarified the...more
On September 15, 2020, the U.S. Department of Treasury published a final rule that removes the mandatory declaration requirement for filings to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) based on North...more