International Trade Bulletin - Volume 1, Issue 7
Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.12.06
Inside this issue:
- EUROPE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- CUSTOMS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- REGULATIONS: Recent Regulations Proposed by Department of State Will Make U.S. Agency Regulators More Accountable for Regulatory Commitments Abroad
- PHARMACEUTICALS: Pharmaceutical Companies May Face Override of Patent Rights for Public Health Concerns
- FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS: Multi-National Firms Use Southeast Asian FTAs to Enter Indian Markets Demonstrating the Benefits of FTAs to Non-FTA Party Companies
- WTO: New Agreement Among WTO Members Could Allow Foreign Companies Greater Access to Taiwan's Government Procurement Market
- ANTI-DUMPING IN THE EU : European Commissioner for Trade, Peter Mandleson, announces review to decide the best way of balancing competing commercial interests in enforcing EU anti-dumping policy
- EXPORT CONTROLS: BIS Reaffirms Deemed Export Rules By Formally Withdrawing Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- C-TPAT: C-TPAT Establishes Mandatory Security Link Portal
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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?
