On September 12, 2024, the Biden Administration announced a number of new trade-related measures related to imports of Chinese-manufactured goods. This announcement comes as the latest action in the Biden Administration’s...more
On May 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) amended the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) to better implement the Biden-Harris Administration’s policy aimed at...more
6/10/2024
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n October 30, President Biden issued the long-awaited Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the first order to navigate AI’s impact across sectors and to...more
11/2/2023
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On August 9, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern. The new Executive Order (EO) is the...more
If implemented by the U.S. government, the restrictions would regulate certain outbound investments by U.S. persons in countries of concern such as China.
The regulations may be established by an executive order,...more
7/27/2023
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In the last month, the United States and global allies have issued unprecedented sanctions against Russia in response to the war in Ukraine. These sanctions apply ever-expanding pressure on the Russian economy and touch...more
Despite months of posturing and growing geopolitical tensions, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine this week was a shock to the global community. Western leaders have been swift and unanimous in their response, condemning...more
2/28/2022
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On February 24, 2022, in response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, President Biden announced further sanctions on Russian individuals and entities. These measures are in addition to those already announced on February 22 and 23...more
On February 24, 2022, the U.S. Government issued a number of sanctions measures in response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine. These measures include sweeping financial sanctions and stringent export controls, which will have...more
2/25/2022
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On February 22 and 23, 2022, President Biden announced further sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. These sanctions build upon the U.S. sanctions issued on February 21, 2022. Specifically, the additional...more
Initial Global Sanctions on Russia in Response to Events in Eastern Ukraine - In response to President Putin’s televised recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (“DNR” and “LNR”) of Ukraine as “independent”...more