The looming expiration of the “Liberation Day” tariff suspension on August 1, 2025 marks a watershed for global trade and supply chain management. The U.S. administration’s imposition of sweeping tariffs first announced on...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced on May 13, 2025, its plans to rescind the Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Framework (the Rule), the Biden-era regulation that imposed a...more
5/29/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
IaaS ,
National Security ,
New Guidance ,
Semiconductors ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology
On April 2, 2025, after weeks of speculation and heightened geopolitical tension, President Trump announced sweeping global tariffs on what he dubbed “Liberation Day”. The tariffs included a baseline universal tariff of 10%...more
On April 2, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order “Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits” (the...more
On February 10 and 11, 2025, President Trump issued two proclamations pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) announcing the imposition and/or reimposition of certain tariffs on imported steel...more
2/20/2025
/ Aluminum Sales ,
Executive Orders ,
Imports ,
International Trade ,
National Security ,
Section 232 ,
Steel Industry ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration
On February 1, 2025, President Trump issued three Executive Orders (EOs) announcing tariffs on China (the China EO) Canada (the Canada EO), and Mexico (the Mexico EO), respectively, pursuant to the International Economic...more
2/6/2025
/ Canada ,
China ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Executive Orders ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Trade ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mexico ,
National Security ,
New Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration
The incoming second Trump administration has threatened to impose wide-ranging and potentially substantial tariffs on products and materials entering the United States. Companies that import goods into the U.S. or that are...more
Until now, however, no comprehensive estimate existed of the of that opportunity, (or, to put it another way, the size of the financing gap between committed spending and the investment needed to deliver Net Zero by 2050...more
9/25/2023
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
EU ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
Net Zero ,
Paris Agreement ,
Private Investment Funds ,
Renewable Energy ,
Supply Chain ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Finance ,
UK
On August 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) issued final determinations in its circumvention inquiries regarding the import of certain solar cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam...more
9/6/2023
/ Cambodia ,
Certifications ,
China ,
Imports ,
International Trade ,
Investment ,
Malaysia ,
Plastic Solar Cells ,
Sanctions ,
Solar Energy ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Thailand ,
Trade Remedies ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Vietnam ,
Waivers
On August 9, 2023, the Biden Administration issued a long-awaited Executive Order (the EO) that is intended to address the potential national security threats posed by outbound investment from the United States to certain...more
8/11/2023
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Biden Administration ,
China ,
Cybersecurity ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Investment ,
National Security ,
Outbound Transactions ,
Public Comment ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury
Recent policy and regulatory developments have shown that governments and businesses around the world are increasingly focused on consolidating their competitive positions in the green industrial revolution. Significant...more
Supply chains enable production and progress, but their contribution to climate change is significant. Making them more sustainable in every sense is critical to decarbonisation....more
As the world recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, rebuilding resilience and planning for the future have taken centre stage in 2022. The pandemic brought to the fore many human rights issues, creating new challenges and...more
On December 23, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)....more
As the world continues to battle against the Covid-19 pandemic, the resulting economic and social stress has brought many human rights issues to the fore, exacerbating systemic issues and generating new challenges. Yet the...more
12/15/2020
/ Child Labor ,
Corporate Liability ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Due Diligence ,
Forced Labor ,
Human Rights ,
Human Trafficking ,
Modern Slavery Act ,
Slavery ,
Supply Chain ,
Transparency