On April 15, 2021, President Biden signed a new executive order, Blocking Property with Respect to Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation, escalating US sanctions against the Russian...more
On December 28, 2020, the Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published awaited guidance on the implementation of Executive Order (EO) 13959, “Executive Order on Addressing the Threat from...more
On August 6, 2020, President Trump issued two nearly parallel executive orders (EOs) targeting the enormously popular apps TikTok and WeChat: Executive Order on Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok (TikTok EO), and Executive...more
On November 5, 2018, the United States took steps to complete the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”), under which the United States – along with its partners in the P5+1 – had previously...more
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President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order “Reimposing Certain Sanctions with Respect to Iran” (“New Iran E.O.”) on August 6, 2018, authorizing the re-imposition – or “snap-back” – of various sanctions against dealings...more
Over the past several years, as North Korea has increased the capability of its nuclear and ballistic missile program, there has been a steady increase in sanctions pressure against North Korea by the United States and the...more