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Jan.11.2021 The Month in International Trade – December 2020
Jan.08.2021 Executive Order Prohibits Transactions with Eight Chinese Software Applications
Dec.29.2020 BIS – Making Their Lists and Adding to them Twice
Dec.18.2020 Looking Ahead: Enforcement of the USMCA Labor Provisions
Dec.14.2020 Global Trade Talks: A Reporter’s Perspective with Bloomberg's Shawn Donnan
Dec.14.2020 EU Adopts Magnitsky-Like Sanctions Program
Dec.11.2020 The Month in International Trade – November 2020
Nov.19.2020 Global Trade Talks: Trade and Cyberspace with Bruce McConnell of the EastWest Institute
Nov.17.2020 White House Issues Executive Order Prohibiting Investments that Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies
Nov.16.2020 Fifteen Asia-Pacific Countries Sign World’s Largest Trade Agreement
Nov.12.2020 RETURN TO SENDER: China Provides New Tax and Duty Relief for Goods Returned to China for COVID-19 Reasons
Nov.11.2020 The Month in International Trade – October 2020
Nov.02.2020 Climate Change Will Be Front and Center in 2021, Regardless of the Nov. 3 Results
Oct.30.2020 China Unveils Draft Personal Information Protection Law
Oct.28.2020 OFAC Targets Iran’s Financial Sector and Designates Additional Iranian Banks
Oct.13.2020 China Increases Focus on Protecting Against Intellectual Property Infringement
Oct.13.2020 Recent Changes in Chinese Export Controls: Are Your China Operations Ready?
Oct.08.2020 OFAC and FinCEN Release Advisories on Risks of Ransomware Payments
Oct.08.2020 The Month in International Trade – September 2020
Oct.06.2020 Global Trade Talks: Trade is Not a Four-Letter Word
Oct.02.2020 New Executive Order Supports Domestic Sources of Critical Minerals
Sep.28.2020 FinCEN Issues Final Rule Establishing Anti-Money Laundering Requirements for State-Regulated Banks
Sep.24.2020 China Opens Up: Certain Foreign Nationals Can Come Back – With Conditions
Sep.24.2020 FinCEN Issues ANPRM Seeking Comment on Requirement for an "Effective and Reasonably Designed" AML Program
Sep.15.2020 CFIUS Mandatory Declarations – Bye, Bye NAICS Codes; Hello "Regulatory Authorizations"
Sep.14.2020 Global Trade Talks: China’s Digital Silk Road
Sep.11.2020 The Month in International Trade – August 2020
Aug.31.2020 Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Launches the "Foundational Technologies" Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR)
Aug.21.2020 BIS Publishes Final "Direct Product" Rule for Huawei and Entity List Compliance Obligation Clarifications
Aug.18.2020 FinCEN Issues New Guidance for Complying with the CDD Rule
Aug.13.2020 The Month in International Trade – July 2020
Aug.11.2020 New Executive Orders Start Clock Ticking for TikTok and WeChat
Jul.10.2020 FinCEN Provides Additional Guidance for Financial Institutions on Hemp-Related Businesses
Jul.09.2020 The Month in International Trade – June 2020
Jul.09.2020 DOE Seeks Information on Securing Bulk Power System
Jul.08.2020 NYDFS and OCC Announce Major Overhauls Important for Virtual Currency Businesses
Jul.08.2020 Iran Triggers Dispute Resolution Mechanism Under JCPOA
Jul.02.2020 US Export Controls and Hong Kong – Change Underway
Jun.25.2020 U.S. Government Issues First Designations under the Caesar Act as Part of Larger Set of Designations Targeting the Syrian Government
Jun.23.2020 Key Lessons Learned as UK’s AML Regulator Shows its Teeth
Jun.19.2020 Team Telecom Opposes United States-Hong Kong Communications Link
Jun.18.2020 China Customs Targets Key Industries in Latest Transfer Pricing Enforcement Initiative
Jun.17.2020 President Issues Executive Order Authorizing Sanctions on Certain Persons Associated with the International Criminal Court
Jun.16.2020 Navigating Medical Supply Chain Challenges in the Aftermath of COVID-19
Jun.11.2020 The Month in International Trade – May 2020
Jun.04.2020 Introducing the Export Controls Classroom
Jun.03.2020 USTR Launches 301 Investigations into Digital Services Taxes
Jun.01.2020 FinCEN’s Suspicious Activity Report Renewal Notice Seeks Public Comment on SAR Burden Estimates
Jun.01.2020 CFIUS Expands Types of Transactions Subject to Pre-Closing Mandatory Declarations
May.28.2020 U.S. State Department Fails to Certify Hong Kong’s Autonomy: Signals Potential Change in Trade and Economic Treatment
May.20.2020 Treasury and CBP Must Allow Drawback Refunds of Excise Taxes Pending Government Appeal
May.19.2020 Key Lessons Learned as OFSI Begins to Flex its Muscles
May.18.2020 BIS Creates a Special "Direct Product" Rule for Huawei
May.15.2020 New U.S. Sanctions Advisory for the Maritime Industry
May.13.2020 Industrial Bank of Korea Agrees to a Deferred Prosecution Agreement and $86 Million in Penalties for Violations of the Bank Secrecy Act That Allowed Evasion of Sanctions on Iran
May.07.2020 Scrutiny of Foreign Ownership in the Telecommunications Sector Gains Momentum with the FCC’s Issuance of Show Cause Orders and a Recent Public Notice Refreshing the Team Telecom Record and Requesting Comments
May.07.2020 The Month in International Trade – April 2020
Apr.28.2020 Pay-to-Play 2: CFIUS Filing Fees Go Into Effect May 1, 2020
Apr.28.2020 BIS Broadens U.S. Government Visibility into Exports to Chinese and Russian Military End Users and End Uses
Apr.24.2020 OFAC Issues Fact Sheet Regarding Humanitarian Trade Involving Sanctioned Countries and Provides COVID-19 Guidance
Apr.10.2020 TeamTelecom Recommends that the FCC Revoke China Telecom’s Authorizations to Provide International Telecommunications Services to and from the United States
Apr.09.2020 The Month in International Trade – March 2020
Apr.08.2020 FEMA Allocates Certain Scarce PPE for Domestic Use and Restricts Exports
Apr.08.2020 FinCEN Provides Relief to Application of Beneficial Ownership Requirements to Certain CARES Act Loans and Suspends Implementation of CTR Filing Changes
Apr.07.2020 President Issues Executive Order Formalizing "Team Telecom" and Executive Branch Review of Foreign Involvement in Telecommunications Transactions
Mar.31.2020 Multinational Companies May Benefit From Chinese Stimulus Programs To Help Mitigate the Economic Impact in China of COVID-19
Mar.26.2020 Anti-Money Laundering Program Contingency Planning during COVID-19: Recent Guidance from FinCEN and FFIEC
Mar.24.2020 Action Required for Importers Impacted by COVID-19
Mar.23.2020 Iran Petroleum and Petrochemical Designations
Mar.12.2020 The Month in International Trade – February 2020
Mar.12.2020 Considerations for Global Employers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Mar.06.2020 Pay to Play: CFIUS Implementing Fees for Submissions of Voluntary Notices
Feb.13.2020 Coronavirus Outbreak: Time to Review Force Majeure Provisions in International Commercial Contracts
Feb.12.2020 The Month in International Trade – January 2020
Feb.11.2020 New Rules Combating Trafficking in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods Impact E-Commerce
Feb.03.2020 Coronavirus: DHS Announces New Travel Restrictions on Certain Inbound U.S. Flights and Travelers from China, Including Medical Screening and Quarantine
Jan.30.2020 Getting Products to China: Avoiding Tariff Classification Traps in Uncertain Times
Jan.16.2020 U.S. and China Sign "Phase One" Trade Deal
Jan.15.2020 Escalating Tensions in the Middle East: U.S. and EU Sanctions Developments on Iran
Jan.14.2020 State Department Publishes Long Awaited Cloud Computing Rule
Jan.13.2020 The Month in International Trade – December 2019
Dec.27.2019 Congress Passes New Russia and Venezuela Sanctions and Advances New Russia & Turkey Sanctions
Dec.26.2019 China Announces Tariff Adjustments for 2020
Dec.20.2019 USMCA Contains First-Ever Provisions to Take on the Challenge of Marine Litter
Dec.11.2019 The Month in International Trade – November 2019
Nov.26.2019 Commerce to Publish Proposed Regulations to Implement EO on "Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain"
Nov.08.2019 The Month in International Trade – October 2019
Nov.05.2019 FinCEN Identifies Iran as Money Laundering Threat While OFAC Announces New Mechanism to Facilitate Humanitarian Assistance There
Oct.15.2019 The Month in International Trade – September 2019
Oct.15.2019 New Sanctions Imposed on Elements in the Turkish Government
Sep.27.2019 Treasury Sanctions Iran’s Central Bank, Again
Sep.13.2019 OFAC Limits Cuba “U-Turn” Payments and Remittances
Sep.06.2019 The Month in International Trade – August 2019
Sep.05.2019 FinCEN Announces New Global Investigations Division and New Leader for Liaison Division
Aug.13.2019 United States Ramps Up Sanctions Pressure on Russia and Venezuela
Aug.12.2019 The Month in International Trade – July 2019
Jul.11.2019 Boarding of the Grace 1 Exposes "British" Tankers to Action by Iran
Jul.10.2019 The Month in International Trade – June 2019
Jun.12.2019 The Month in International Trade – May 2019
Jun.05.2019 Trump Administration Follows Through on Plans To Tighten Cuban Sanctions
May.15.2019 China Releases Product Exclusion Process for Certain U.S. Products Subject to Additional Retaliatory Tariffs
May.13.2019 The Month in International Trade – April 2019
Apr.12.2019 The Month in International Trade – March 2019
Apr.08.2019 OFAC Begins to Solidify Long-Awaited Guidance on Expected Elements for OFAC Compliance Programs
Mar.27.2019 OFAC Puts Shipping Community on Notice with Expanded Guidance on Sanctions Evasion
Mar.13.2019 The Month in International Trade – February 2019
Feb.14.2019 PODCAST: The State of Play in Venezuela
Feb.08.2019 The Month in International Trade – January 2019
Jan.30.2019 All or Nothing? OFAC Adds PDVSA to the SDN List
Jan.24.2019 White House Hints It May Allow Lawsuits Over Cuban-Confiscated Properties
Jan.10.2019 The Month in International Trade – December 2018