Over the past few weeks, Thomas Allen, Kurtis Anderson, Mark J. Riedy, and Stephen Anstey have released four Legal Alerts on tariffs and threatened tariffs on the solar industry in Southeast Asia and generally imports from...more
6/5/2024
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China ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Imports ,
Section 301 ,
Semiconductors ,
Solar Energy ,
Solar Panels ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
The White House, Congress, and Executive Agencies are continuing to explore, solicit information on, and develop regulations and guidance concerning artificial intelligence (AI). These efforts include the White House’s recent...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published a Request for Comment on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets. As stated by Treasury, the Request for Comment seeks input on “the illicit finance and...more
On September 16, 2022, the White House released a Fact Sheet outlining the “First-Ever Comprehensive Framework for Responsible Development of Digital Assets.” The framework addresses various topics related to both domestic...more
On July 8, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published a Request for Comment seeking public input on U.S. digital assets development. The Request for Comment was published pursuant to the Biden...more
7/11/2022
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Bitcoin ,
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDCs) ,
Comment Period ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Executive Orders ,
Public Comment ,
Stablecoins ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Virtual Currency
On June 6, 2022, President Biden took executive action to pause antidumping and countervailing import duties on solar cells and modules from countries currently the subject of a circumvention inquiry (Inquiry) by the...more
On May 19, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) published a Request for Comment titled “Developing a Framework on Competitiveness of Digital Asset Technologies” (Request for Comment). Digital assets, in this...more
6/7/2022
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Bitcoin ,
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDCs) ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Executive Orders ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Secretary of the Treasury ,
Stablecoins ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Virtual Currency
In early March 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets. Digital assets, in this context, cover various types of assets, including cryptocurrency, stablecoin, and...more
3/17/2022
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Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDCs) ,
CFTC ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Executive Orders ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
OCC ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury
Today, the White House announced President Biden will sign an Executive Order on “[e]nsuring Responsible Innovation in Digital Assets.” The announcement explains that digital assets, “have seen explosive growth in recent...more
Last Friday the $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“Infrastructure Act”), which passed the Senate on August 10, 2021, was passed in the House. President Biden is expected to sign the...more