The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound economic and political effects over the past several months. Increasingly, those effects have led a number of US policymakers, US allies, and others to question certain US sanctions...more
5/5/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Economic Downturn ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Human Rights ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Medical Equipment ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Trade Relations ,
U.S. Treasury
The past two weeks have seen two major developments in relation to the screening of foreign direct investment in the European Union (“EU”) for national security or public order reasons. First, on December 10, 2018, the EU...more
12/21/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Investment ,
France ,
Germany ,
INTA ,
Italy ,
Member State ,
Mergers ,
National Security ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Screening Procedures ,
Trade Relations ,
Treaty of Lisbon
After more than a year of sometimes contentious negotiations, the United States, Mexico, and Canada (the “Parties”) reached an agreement late Sunday night to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”)—renaming...more
10/8/2018
/ Agricultural Sector ,
Automotive Industry ,
Biologics ,
Canada ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Currency Manipulation ,
Exports ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Imports ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) ,
Mexico ,
NAFTA ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Sunset Provisions ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trans-Pacific Partnership ,
Trump Administration ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
On July 10, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released a list of Chinese products that may become subject to an additional duty of 10% ad valorem, pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974....more