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Tariffs Loom for Imports of Semiconductor and Pharmaceutical Products and Critical Minerals as Trump Administration Initiates...

The Trump administration is pursuing additional national security investigations that will likely lead to tariffs on imports of semiconductors, semiconductor manufacturing equipment (“SME”), and derivative articles,...more

Trump Administration Import Tariffs Update – What Companies Need to Know

An update to our ongoing insights into the Trump administration’s broad tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, plus targeted tariffs on key commodities and processed products worldwide. Until at least April 2, it...more

White House to Expand Restrictions on Chinese Investment While Streamlining Investment Reviews for Allies

On February 21, 2025, a Presidential Memorandum, “America First Investment Policy” (the “Memorandum”), announced planned changes to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) and outbound investment...more

New Export Controls on Advanced Computing Items and AI Model Weights

The Commerce Department has issued a rule that increases export controls on AI-related items.  The rule: Most of the restrictions are scheduled to take effect on May 15, 2025, although some do not come into effect until...more

CFIUS’s Proposed Regulatory Enhancements Would Increase Transactional Risks

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has taken another significant step in transforming from a limited jurisdiction interagency committee that primarily reviewed voluntary filings into a body with...more

$300 Million Seagate Export Control Penalty Shows New, Aggressive China-Trade Enforcement

On April 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) imposed a $300 million civil penalty on Seagate Technology LLC, a U.S. supplier of data-storage products. BIS found that...more

U.S. Expands China-Related Export Controls Regarding Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing

On October 7, 2022, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry Security (“BIS”) released new export control regulations (the “New Regulations”) that intensify and complicate U.S. and non-U.S. companies’ international...more

New Presidential Executive Order on National Security Factors for CFIUS

The President has issued the first executive order providing formal direction to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) on the risks that it should consider in its examination of foreign investment...more

BIS Finalizes the Rule Covering Cybersecurity Activities

On October 21, 2021, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a rule that will restrict some exports, reexports, and other overseas transfers of equipment, software, and technology...more

The Trump Administration's Executive Order to Ban Transactions with Persons Developing or Controlling Eight Chinese Apps

On January 5, 2021, President Trump issued Executive Order 13971 (the “Executive Order”) that provides for prohibitions on U.S. persons engaging in transactions with persons that develop or control any of the following eight...more

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