International Trade Bulletin - Volume 1, Issue 3
Client Alert | 1 min read | 04.18.06
Inside this issue:
- EUROPE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- CUSTOMS: Origin rules create risks as well as opportunities
- AVIATION: Huge fines in QRS-11 sensor cases underscore importance of properly classifying exports
- EXPORT CONTROLS: The U.S. continues to assert jurisdiction over re-exports of U.S.-made content in non-U.S. made components
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Revised International Trademark Law Treaty Adopted
- CHINA: Recent Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement-related Developments in China
- BILATERAL TRADE: American investors conducting business in Uruguay may soon have an additional source of protection for their foreign investments
- SANCTIONS: Cuban embargo enforcement lands Sheraton in violation of Mexican Law
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Insights
Client Alert | 2 min read | 12.19.25
GAO Cautions Agencies—Over-Redact at Your Own Peril
Bid protest practitioners in recent years have witnessed agencies’ increasing efforts to limit the production of documents and information in response to Government Accountability Office (GAO) bid protests—often will little pushback from GAO. This practice has underscored the notable difference in the scope of bid protest records before GAO versus the Court of Federal Claims. However, in Tiger Natural Gas, Inc., B-423744, Dec. 10, 2025, 2025 CPD ¶ __, GAO made clear that there are limits to the scope of redactions, and GAO will sustain a protest where there is insufficient evidence that the agency’s actions were reasonable.
Client Alert | 7 min read | 12.19.25
In Bid to Ban “Woke AI,” White House Imposes Transparency Requirements on Contractors
Client Alert | 5 min read | 12.19.25
Navigating California’s Evolving Microplastics Landscape in 2026
Client Alert | 19 min read | 12.18.25
2025 GAO Bid Protest Annual Report: Where Have All the Protests Gone?
