As global economic pressures mount, the EU has armed itself with a powerful new tool to counter economic coercion. The EU Anti-Coercion Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/2675) has been fully in force for about a year...more
4/3/2025
/ Coercion ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
International Trade ,
Member State ,
New Legislation ,
New Regulations ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Strategic Planning ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Policy ,
Trade Relations
The EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) was adopted in late 2022. Its stated aim is to combat the effects of competitive distortions caused by foreign subsidies in the EU internal market and thereby level the playing...more
8/9/2023
/ Competition ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Merger Control Regulation ,
Foreign Subsidies ,
Member State ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
New Regulations ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
State Aid ,
State-Owned Enterprises ,
Threshold Requirements
The year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been marked by the development of a multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency sanctions regime in the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union. Although coordination...more
4/28/2023
/ Asset Freeze ,
Asset Recovery ,
Compliance ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Authority ,
EU ,
G7 ,
Member State ,
Military Conflict ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Russia ,
UK ,
Ukraine
On November 28, 2022, the Council of the European Union (Council) gave its final approval to the proposed Regulation on Foreign Subsidies (Regulation), concluding seven months of negotiations with the EU Parliament. Under...more