In response to the latest wave of U.S. trade restrictions, both Canada and China have swiftly implemented countermeasures, escalating tensions in an already volatile trade landscape. Canada has announced a 25% tariff on U.S....more
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Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China - On March 4, 2025, the United States will implement previously suspended tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, as well as new tariffs on Chinese imports, marking a significant...more
2/28/2025
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In this episode, Mike Burke, AGG Corporate partner and co-chair of the firm’s International Initiative, is joined by Allison Raley, AGG Emerging Technologies co-chair and Certified Global Sanction Specialist, to analyze U.S....more
On July 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced a $134,523 civil settlement with Amazon, Inc. (“Amazon”), for alleged violations of multiple OFAC sanction and embargo...more
My last post discussed the potential (but likely very small) impact of the relatively new U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs on Irish and Northern Irish exports to the U.S. In this post, I turn to the related question of whether...more
The first thing you should do when considering whether to export your product to the United States is determine whether the product can be marketed or sold in the United States, or if there are license or registration...more
On February 28, 2017, United Medical Instruments, Inc. (UMI), a California corporation, settled its potential civil liability with the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in the amount of...more
2016 was an active year for U.S. export control developments impacting U.S. pharma/device companies. We expect 2017 also to be busy, especially with the upcoming change in Administrations. This article briefly will review for...more
On September 28, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) at the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued its Biennial Report of Licensing Activities Pursuant to the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000,...more
On September 14, 2016, the President announced his intention to terminate the national emergency with respect to Burma, the effect of which will be to end the current U.S. sanctions program against that country as overseen by...more
Two recent settlements by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) confirm that every U.S. life sciences company engaging in exports should have an effective U.S. export control compliance...more
AGG produces a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from our Washington, DC office. The June 2015 update is now available....more