On July 28, 2025, the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), announced parallel criminal and civil-administrative export...more
8/6/2025
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Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) ,
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On July 23, 2025, the White House unveiled “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan,” which provides for federal policy actions the Trump Administration intends to take related to Artificial Intelligence (AI). The...more
7/25/2025
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Foreign Direct Product Rule ,
Infrastructure ,
International Trade ,
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Section 232 investigations determine whether the targeted U.S. imports threaten to impair U.S. national security. At the conclusion of a Section 232 investigation (which can last for up to 270 days), the President must...more
4/22/2025
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Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Section 232 ,
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U.S. Commerce Department
On November 15, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published final regulations to implement its long-awaited “Outbound Investment” Security Program, which the Biden Administration originally introduced in August 2023 under...more
12/2/2024
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Foreign Investment ,
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Military End Use ,
National Intelligence Agencies ,
National Security ,
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Outbound Transactions ,
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On May 14, 2024, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced expansions to tariffs under § 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (§ 301) on imports from China, including tariff increases on currently covered...more
5/23/2024
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China ,
Electric Vehicles ,
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Lithium Batteries ,
Medical Equipment ,
Plastic Solar Cells ,
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Trade Act of 1974 ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
Melissa Duffy and Trevor Coval contributed their thought leadership to the American Conference Institute’s 14th Annual Global Encryption, Cloud & Cyber Export Controls Conference, held in San Francisco on May 14-16. Melissa...more
5/22/2024
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Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Cloud Computing ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Due Diligence ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Hardware ,
IaaS ,
Know Your Customers ,
Military End Use ,
National Security ,
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Sensitive Personal Information ,
Software ,
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Technology Sector
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has published new FAQs that offer further guidance on two interim final rules that went into effect in November 2023.
hese rules, for which the BIS is...more
1/12/2024
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Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
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General Licenses ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
ITAR ,
Licenses ,
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On August 9, President Biden issued an executive order (E.O.) directing the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), in consultation with the U.S. Department of Commerce and other U.S. agencies, to adopt regulations that...more
8/11/2023
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Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Investment ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
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Technology Sector ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury