Welcome to the August 2025 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more
8/19/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Country of Origin ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Fraud ,
International Trade ,
Popular ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration
On July 25, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to the January 16 Information and Communication Technology and Services (ICTS) Rule that...more
On July 22, the US Senate passed the Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act (the Bill), sending it to President Trump for his signature....more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is back in the spotlight....more
On June 11, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the release of two General Authorizations, accompanied by additional Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to the January 16...more
On May 23, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Syria General License (GL) 25, “Authorizing Transactions Prohibited by the Syrian Sanctions Regulations or Involving Certain...more
6/3/2025
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
International Trade ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Syria ,
U.S. Treasury
On April 28, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published the long anticipated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding the January 16 Information and Communication Technology and Services...more
5/9/2025
/ Automotive Industry ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Connected Cars ,
Export Controls ,
Imports ,
New Guidance ,
New Regulations ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
Supply Chain
President Trump’s first months in office have been busy, but, in the export control world, we have been grateful for a brief respite from the mind-bending, hundreds-of-pages-long, industry-changing rules that the US...more
Navigating the Complexities of Forced Labor Laws -
Last year, ArentFox Schiff’s (AFS) Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force published its first annual report to help multinational companies navigate the complexities of forced...more
Welcome to the January 2025 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more
1/17/2025
/ CAFC ,
CFIUS ,
Compliance ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Forced Labor ,
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) ,
Imports ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
NGOs ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oral Argument ,
Popular ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
USTR ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) introduced its long-anticipated (some would say dreaded) Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion (the AI Diffusion Rule) on January 15. Highlights...more
1/17/2025
/ America Invents Act ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Compliance ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Final Rules ,
Foreign Direct Product Rule ,
Innovative Technology ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
National Security ,
Semiconductors ,
Technology Sector
Welcome to the October 2024 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more
10/18/2024
/ Aluminum Sales ,
Automotive Industry ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Compliance ,
E-Commerce ,
Fashion Industry ,
Forced Labor ,
Foreign Trade Zones ,
Importers ,
Manufacturers ,
NAFTA ,
Proposed Rules ,
Retailers ,
Russia ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Relations ,
U.S. Customs ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
USTR ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
Welcome to the September 2024 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more
9/17/2024
/ Aluminum Sales ,
Anti-Subsidies ,
Canada ,
Child Labor ,
China ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
ECCNs ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Enforcement ,
Export Controls ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Forced Labor ,
Fraud ,
Imports ,
ITAR ,
Manufacturers ,
Popular ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Section 301 ,
Solar Panels ,
Steel Industry ,
Surtax ,
Tariffs ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) ,
Whistleblowers
Welcome to the August 2024 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more
8/16/2024
/ CFIUS ,
Customs ,
DFARS ,
Duties ,
Federal Register ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Investment ,
Imports ,
Lithium Batteries ,
National Security ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Retail ,
Section 301 ,
Trade Relations ,
USTR ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) ,
Vietnam
On July 29, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) of the US Department of State proposed a new definition of the term “defense service.”
The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) imposes a license...more
On July 29, the US government proposed big changes to rules about supporting or exporting to foreign military, intelligence, and security entities.
The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is...more
Welcome to the June 2024 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more
6/18/2024
/ Anti-Dumping Duty ,
Automotive Industry ,
CFIUS ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
De Minimis Claims ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Enforcement ,
Forced Labor ,
Globally Harmonized System ,
Supply Chain ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
USTR ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
Three US agencies – the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the US Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and the US Department of State – took new actions on June...more
6/17/2024
/ Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Harmonization Rules ,
Infrastructure ,
Licenses ,
Licensing Rules ,
Mobile Devices ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Personal Information ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
Savings Clause ,
SDN List ,
Software ,
US State Departments
Welcome to the May 2024 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more
5/21/2024
/ Anti-Dumping Duty ,
CFIUS ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Customs ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Enforcement ,
Human Rights ,
New Regulations ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Trade Secrets ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
USTR ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
In an effort to give the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) more “bite,” yesterday the Committee published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NRPM) in the Federal Register to enhance its procedures and...more
Two years after the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine and one week after the death of opposition politician and anticorruption activist Aleksey Navalny, the US government announced a new raft of sanctions and export controls...more
On January 25, almost two years after Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule (the Rule) strengthening existing export controls relating...more
1/31/2024
/ Aircraft ,
Belarus ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Drones ,
ECCNs ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Final Rules ,
Licensing Rules ,
Military Conflict ,
Russia ,
Tariffs ,
U.S. Commerce Department
Just in case you were starting to get comfortable with last year’s massive raft of regulations on the advanced computing, supercomputer, and semiconductor industries in China, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry...more
During the G7 meeting in Japan on May 19, 2023, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published two new rules aimed at further restricting Russia’s ability to obtain items needed to support its...more
6/7/2023
/ Belarus ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
G7 ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Petroleum ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Ukraine
Voluntary No More -
In taking steps to take the “voluntary” out of voluntary disclosure, Assistant Secretary of US Export Enforcement Matthew Axelrod issued another memorandum on April 18, 2023, following on his June 2022...more