On August 28, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule relaxing export controls on Syria in response to the June 30, 2025 Executive Order (EO) 14312 “Providing for the...more
9/2/2025
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The Trump administration has announced multiple new developments in U.S. tariff policy since our April update. The administration is using several different tools to implement tariffs, including § 232 and 301 investigations...more
8/14/2025
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On August 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released its Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) 2024 Annual Report to Congress. The report includes anonymized statistics and...more
On July 23, 2025, the White House unveiled “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan,” which provides for federal policy actions the Trump Administration intends to take related to Artificial Intelligence (AI). The...more
7/25/2025
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On July 11, 2025, the Trump administration published an order forcing Suirui International Co., Limited—a Hong Kong company that is majority owned by Suirui Group Co., Ltd., a People’s Republic of China company—to unwind its...more
7/16/2025
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On June 30, 2025, the White House issued Executive Order 14312, Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions (the Syria EO), terminating U.S. comprehensive sanctions on Syria effective July 1, 2025. ...more
7/8/2025
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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) administers a survey every five years to collect information from U.S. persons that hold, directly or indirectly, at least 10% of the voting interest in a...more
Section 232 investigations determine whether the targeted U.S. imports threaten to impair U.S. national security. At the conclusion of a Section 232 investigation (which can last for up to 270 days), the President must...more
4/22/2025
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On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) on tariffs called "Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States...more
4/8/2025
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