The United States has taken a historic step by terminating the Syria Sanctions Program, marking the most significant shift in U.S. foreign policy towards Syria since the fall of the Assad regime. In our earlier post, we...more
7/22/2025
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Economic Sanctions ,
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Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Policy ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Sanctions ,
SDN List ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury ,
UK
The second Trump administration has come flying out of the starting blocks on international trade policy actions—imposing and rescinding, shaping and reshaping tariffs, sanctions, and export controls. The executive orders and...more
U.S. Comprehensive Sanctions Against the DNR and the LNR -
Scope: the DNR and LNR -
The new EO does not detail which parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions[1] are subject to the new U.S. sanctions. It is likely that...more
2/22/2022
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Executive Orders ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
International Trade ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
Sanctions ,
UK ,
Ukraine ,
United States ,
Vladimir Putin
A June 3, 2021 Executive Order (see our post here) designated 59 Chinese companies in which U.S. companies are prohibited from buying or selling securities. According to the Biden administration, those companies “threaten the...more
6/11/2021
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China ,
Compliance ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Investment ,
Geopolitical Risks ,
Investment Funds ,
Manufacturers ,
Securities ,
Startups ,
Supply Chain
On February 1, 2021, the Myanmar military overthrew the country’s democratically elected government and installed an army general as head of state, with a cadre of military officials and their allies running the government. ...more
The Takeaway: Severe restrictions on ByteDance’s Sale of TikTok should be a warning to media and tech companies with foreign ownership, particularly Chinese investment, to know your risks and mitigate them before the...more
8/17/2020
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China ,
Data Collection ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investigations ,
Media ,
Microsoft ,
Mobile Apps ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Social Media ,
TikTok ,
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