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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CFIUS ,
China ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Divestiture ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Investment ,
Hong Kong ,
Investment ,
National Security ,
Trump Administration
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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Compliance ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
International Trade ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
State Sponsors of Terrorism ,
Syria ,
U.S. Treasury
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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Executive Orders ,
Government Investigations ,
Imports ,
National Security ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Section 232 ,
Semiconductors ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
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
/ Canada ,
China ,
Executive Orders ,
Imports ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Trade ,
Mexico ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies