What’s New? The European Union and the United Kingdom remain committed “to keep up the pressure on the Kremlin” by way of imposing further sanctions as Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine enters the fourth year. Within a...more
2/28/2025
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Syria ,
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Although the European Union and the United Kingdom did not introduce new sanctions against Russia over the summer, they extensively focused on the implementation of the existing measures and their enforcement. This week,...more
10/8/2024
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European Commission ,
Evasion ,
Frozen Assets ,
Licensing Rules ,
Penalties ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Russia ,
Sanction Violations ,
UK ,
Ukraine
By 31 January 2024, as part of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, importers of cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers and hydrogen must report to the European Commission the embedded carbon emissions relating to...more
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered swift international retribution. Global powers—including the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US)—have announced sanctions as the crisis in...more
2/25/2022
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Cyber Attacks ,
Economic Sanctions ,
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European Commission ,
Executive Orders ,
General Licenses ,
Human Rights ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Trade Bans ,
UK ,
Ukraine
On 12 October 2021, the European Commission (EC) issued its first-ever NextGenerationEU green bond, raising a total of €12 billion that will be used exclusively to fund green and sustainable investments across the EU. More...more
11/9/2021
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Global Economy ,
Global Market ,
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Green Finance ,
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Sustainability ,
Sustainable Finance ,
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