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[Event] 19th Annual Flagship Conference on Economic Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance - April 30th - May 1st, Washington, DC

With unprecedented change and intensifying enforcement, now is the time to ensure your team is prepared for what’s ahead. Ensure that you don’t miss out on critical U.S. and international economic sanctions updates and the...more

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U.S. Announces Steps to Ease Cuba Sanctions

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Besides certain expansions on remittances in 2022, the White House, on Jan. 14, 2025, issued a statement announcing President Joe Biden's plans to relax sanctions on Cuba through a series of broad measures aimed at improving...more

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Sleeper Trump Rule on ‘Military-Intelligence End Uses or Users’ Goes Into Effect

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Companies should be prepared to conduct additional due diligence for any transactions involving entities in the countries enumerated in this rule. In an interim rule published on, January 15, 2020, the Department of...more

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Cross-Border Compliance Update: June - July 2020

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Hong Kong Updates and Alerts - New Restrictions on Exports to Hong Kong – License Exceptions for Hong Kong Suspended - On June 29, 2020, the State Department announced that the U.S. will end the export of U.S.-origin...more

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Our International Trade team comments on additional restrictions on trade with Cuba

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The Trump Administration announced a more restrictive policy towards Cuba in a presidential memo issued in June 2017. Since then, the Administration has implemented initiatives that have narrowed or revoked authorized trading...more

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U.S. Hits Cuba With Another Round of Sanctions – De Minimis Threshold Dropped to 10 Percent

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On October 21, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) imposing new sanctions on Cuba for human rights abuses and for its support of...more

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President Trump Imposes Tighter Restrictions on Trade with Cuba, Including Limitations on Travel to Cuba

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On Tuesday, June 4, 2019, the Trump administration announced tighter restrictions on trade with Cuba, which affects, among other things, a popular category of travel to Cuba for U.S. citizens. In the action, the U.S....more

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Trump administration further tightens U.S. travel restrictions to Cuba

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On 4 June 2019 the Trump administration implemented certain regulatory changes first announced on 17 April 2019 by National Security Advisor Ambassador John Bolton in a foreign policy address regarding the Trump...more

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Trump Administration Eliminates People-to-People Travel to Cuba - Changes in Regulations Will Have Major Effect on Private...

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• The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Securities (BIS) announced changes to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR)...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Cuba Sanctions Measures Prohibit “People to People” Travel to Cuba and Restrict Use of Commercial Aircraft and Recreational...

In a June 4 announcement, the Trump administration further ratcheted up U.S. sanctions and export controls against Cuba by prohibiting group “people-to-people” travel to Cuba and the use of noncommercial aircraft and...more

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Red Notice Newsletter - Russian

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – Keppel Offshore Reaches Deal with DOJ and Guilty Plea by Counsel Unsealed – On December 22, 2017, Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. (KOM), a Singapore based company that operates shipyards and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Chinese

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – Keppel Offshore Reaches Deal with DOJ and Guilty Plea by Counsel Unsealed – On December 22, 2017, Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. (KOM), a Singapore based company that operates shipyards and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - December 2017

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – Keppel Offshore Reaches Deal with DOJ and Guilty Plea by Counsel Unsealed – On December 22, 2017, Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. (KOM), a Singapore based company that operates shipyards...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Treasury, State and Commerce Implement Regulations Pursuant to the Trump Administration’s Cuba Policy

• On November 9, 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) took coordinated...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

In Directional Shift, US Implements New Restrictions on Cuba

On November 8, 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and the U.S. Department of State announced...more

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U.S. Sanctions Developments in the Trump Administration

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The Trump Administration has been active on the sanctions front as a means of asserting United States foreign policy and national security interests. Congress has also taken an increasingly active and direct role of late,...more

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November 2017 Update on Significant DOT, FAA and Other Federal Agencies’ Aviation-Related Regulatory Actions

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This edition of the Cozen O’Connor Aviation Regulatory Update discusses new restrictions on Cuba travel, DOT’s Small Community Air Service Development Grant Program, new DOT drug testing requirements for safety-sensitive...more

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OFAC Increases Clarity Regarding Financial Transactions with Cuba

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On November 9, 2017, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) amended the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 515 (the “CACR”), with the stated intent of channeling economic...more

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Changes to Cuba Sanctions Program Pursuant to National Security Presidential Memorandum

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On Wednesday, November 8, 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Department of State, and U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced...more

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U.S. Government Agencies Publish Changes to Cuba Sanctions Program Pursuant to President Trump’s Policy Announcement

On November 8, 2017, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced amendments to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations...more

Baker Donelson

Cuba Policy Shift Stalls as Businesses Await OFAC Implementation

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On June 16, 2017, President Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba. The Memorandum outlined a framework for agencies such as the Treasury...more

King & Spalding

Trump Tightens Cuba Sanctions

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On June 16, 2017 President Trump announced new policy parameters for the U.S.-Cuba relationship and directed the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Department of Treasury, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),...more

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President Trump Announces Changes to Cuba Policy

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On June 16, 2017, President Trump announced changes to the U.S. policy toward Cuba aimed at tightening travel restrictions on U.S. persons and limiting the Cuban military’s access to U.S. dollars. Although announced on June...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Cuba Sanctions: President Trump Announces Tightening of U.S. Sanctions While Maintaining Certain Sanctions Relief Implemented by...

On June 16, 2017, the Trump administration issued a national security presidential memorandum entitled “Strengthening the Policy of the United States Towards Cuba” (the “Presidential Memorandum”). Related to this...more

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