The president on June 6, 2025 issued a trio of executive orders (EOs) that aim to solidify the United States’ position in advancing new aviation technologies and accelerate the integration of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS),...more
As part of a broader resurgence in pharmaceutical pricing reform and manufacturing policies in 2025, President Donald Trump and bipartisan congressional leaders have introduced contemporaneous proposals to lower prescription...more
The White House on May 5, 2025 issued an executive order requiring the US Food and Drug Administration to find ways to facilitate the opening of new drug manufacturing sites in the United States while also increasing the...more
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published guidance regarding the elimination of the de minimis duty exemption on Chinese-origin merchandise and the collection of duties on those once-exempt imports....more
Tariff and trade policy in the United States is poised to affect nearly every industry, and data centers are no exception. Data centers built in the United States need to be outfitted, and much of that equipment comes from...more
On April 2, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order imposing reciprocal tariffs on most trading partners. The president declared a national emergency posed by large and persistent trade deficits, relying on his...more
The Biden-Harris administration’s amendments to the domestic preference requirements in Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 25 become effective on October 25. The new requirements will increase the domestic content threshold...more
In response to the Russian Federation’s recognition of certain regions of Ukraine as independent states which followed an expansion of nearly 200,000 troops on the Ukrainian border, US President Joseph Biden authorized the...more
The new executive order continues the policy of prohibiting US persons’ transactions in the publicly traded securities of select Chinese companies, but expands the scope to include both Chinese companies that operate or have...more
6/9/2021
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The Biden administration has vowed to invoke the Defense Production Act (DPA) to increase domestic production of essential supplies needed to respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In this Insight, we address key...more
2/10/2021
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The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published final rules on January 15, 2021, implementing the sanctions put in place by Executive Order 13936 (EO 13936) and the Hong Kong Autonomy Act...more
2/1/2021
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The Office of Foreign Assets Control recently designated 7 “oligarchs,” 17 government officials, 13 companies, and one bank, all Russian, as Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs), effectively prohibiting US persons...more
US President Donald Trump’s executive order aims to increase the use of US goods and materials in federal acquisitions.
On April 18, President Trump signed the Presidential Executive Order on Buy American and Hire...more
Five entities and six individuals were sanctioned for interference with the 2016 US election.
On December 29, 2016, President Obama issued a new executive order that expands the authority of the US Secretary of Treasury...more