Yesterday, the US Department of Homeland Security, on behalf of the interagency Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (Task Force), published a Notice in the Federal Register that seeks public comment on the implementation of...more
End-of-Year Sanctions Target Chinese Supply Chains and AI, Quantum Computing, and Biotechnology -
Several US executive branch agencies and the US Congress have adopted wide-ranging end-of-year sanctions, export control and...more
12/29/2021
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Biotechnology ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Entity List ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Issuers ,
Human Rights ,
International Relations ,
Military End Use ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
New Legislation ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
PCAOB ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On November 19, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it would terminate the actions it had taken under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to digital services taxes (DSTs) adopted by...more
11/24/2021
/ Digital Media ,
Digital Service Providers ,
Digital Services ,
Digital Services Tax ,
Imports ,
OECD ,
Section 301 ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
On July 23, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced the conclusion of its investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (“the Trade Act”) into Vietnam’s practices related to currency...more
7/27/2021
/ Currency Exchange ,
Currency Manipulation ,
Exchange Rates ,
IMF ,
Janet Yellen ,
Joint Statements ,
Section 301 ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
U.S. Treasury ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
USTR ,
Vietnam
On June 2, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced the conclusion of investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (“the Trade Act”) into digital services taxes (“DSTs”) adopted by Austria,...more
6/4/2021
/ Austria ,
Digital Services ,
Digital Services Tax ,
Government Investigations ,
India ,
Italy ,
Section 301 ,
Spain ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Turkey ,
UK ,
USTR
With President Donald Trump’s departure from office and the inauguration of President Joe Biden comes the prospect of major shifts in the relationship between the United States and Mexico. President Biden has taken immediate...more
On March 10, Mexico’s amended Electricity Industry Law entered into force, introducing preferences for the Mexican state-owned utility, Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), with respect to the supply of electricity to the...more
3/19/2021
/ CPTPP ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Energy Sector ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investors ,
Mexico ,
NAFTA ,
Power Grid ,
Public Utility ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
Utilities Sector
On December 28, 2020, the Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published awaited guidance on the implementation of Executive Order (EO) 13959, “Executive Order on Addressing the Threat from...more
The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced on October 2 the initiation of two separate investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 into Vietnam’s practices related to currency valuation and the...more
The US government has established new authorities to impose sanctions in response to China’s national security law for Hong Kong, increasing the compliance risks for international banks and other companies that do business in...more
On March 20, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it was opening a docket to consider additional modifications to tariffs being imposed on China-origin medical-care products...more
On March 18 and March 19, respectively, President Donald Trump announced temporary closure of the U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico borders to nonessential traffic as part of the effort to contain Coronavirus Disease 2019...more
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced on July 10 the initiation of an investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 into France’s digital services tax (“DST”). The French Senate...more
7/12/2019
/ China ,
Comment Period ,
Digital Service Providers ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
France ,
Investigations ,
Multinationals ,
OECD ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
USTR ,
WTO
On June 24, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published a Federal Register notice outlining the process by which US stakeholders may request product-specific exclusions for the third tranche of Chinese products...more
6/26/2019
/ China ,
Exclusions ,
Imports ,
Section 301 ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR