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President Trump Signs Three Executive Orders Relating to Artificial Intelligence

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On July 23, 2025, just hours after releasing the AI Action Plan, President Donald Trump signed three executive orders aimed at accelerating data center construction, expanding the global reach of U.S. AI technology and...more

The Volkov Law Group

Lessons Learned in the New Aggressive Trade Enforcement Environment: Cadence Ignored Important Red Flags (Part III of III)

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Well, we are in a new era — a fundamental change has occurred, long in the making. National security and trade enforcement have coalesced to elevate trade risks — sanctions and export controls violations will be prosecuted...more

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President Trump Orders 50 percent Section 232 Tariff on Copper Imports

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On July 30, 2025, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation1 that imposed a 50 percent tariff on the copper input value of imports of semi-finished copper and intensive copper derivative products effective August 1,...more

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Cadence Design Systems Settles with DOJ and Commerce Department for Export Control Violations and Agrees to Pay $140 Million (Part...

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DOJ’s initiation of its aggressive trade enforcement strategy is quickly unfolding — and the new strategy is a real and significant threat to all companies engaged in international trade. We are no longer in the era of FCPA...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - August 2025 - The U.S. Effort to Keep AI Out of China’s Hands

It comes as no surprise China has been a major focus point of the second Trump administration. One of the key reasons for this focus is the increasing national security concerns over technology. In particular, the smuggling...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Commerce Seeks Comments on UAS Imports in New Section 232 Investigation

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On July 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a Federal Register notice soliciting public comments on an investigation into the national security impacts of imported unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or drones) and...more

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United States Lifts Comprehensive Sanctions on Syria, Export Controls Remain For Now

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On June 30, 2025, the White House issued Executive Order 14312, Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions (the Syria EO), terminating U.S. comprehensive sanctions on Syria effective July 1, 2025. ...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - June 2025 - Section 232 Investigation of Commercial Aircraft, Jet Engines and Parts

In a recent Federal Register notice the Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS) of the Department of Commerce announced that “On May 1, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce initiated an investigation to determine the effects on the...more

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Trump Administration Initiates Section 232 Investigation on Commercial Aircraft, Jet Engines, and Parts

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On May 9, 2025, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the initiation of an investigation into the effects on US national security of imports of commercial aircraft and jet engines and...more

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Bureau of Industry and Security – 2025 Update Conference on Export Controls and Policy

The 2025 BIS Update Conference on Export Controls and Policy wrapped up last week. Here are three main takeaways: 1. China is the Priority: The top three U.S. export controls and enforcement priorities for the new...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Week Nine in Trade – First 100 Days of the New Administration

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On March 13, 2025, the State Department published a notice in the Federal Register designating all agency action with respect to international trade a “foreign affairs function” of the United States under the Administrative...more

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Qualms About Quantum: New Export Controls Advanced Tech Aligns US Policies With Allied Countries

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On September 6, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) introduced an interim final rule that imposed worldwide export controls on slew of advanced technologies to align with the...more

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Taking Stock – Summary of BIS Actions From Fall 2024, and Peek at What Is Next Under the Trump Administration

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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

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Summary of BIS’s December 5, 2024, Chip Controls

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On December 5, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) promulgated an interim final rule (the December IFR) expanding its authority to restrict the dissemination of advanced chip technology...more

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Review of International Trade Enforcement in the U.S., E.U., and UK in 2024 and What to Expect in 2025

This is the final in our 2025 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Throughout 2024, enforcement of international trade laws continued to gather pace...more

Snell & Wilmer

Trump Initiates an Investigation Into Potential National Security Threat of Copper Imports

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National security is the focus of an Executive Order (EO) signed by President Donald J. Trump on February 25, 2025, entitled “Addressing The Threat To National Security From Imports of Copper.” As the EO asserts, copper is a...more

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President Trump Orders Investigation to Consider Imposing a Global Copper Import Tariff

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On February 25, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order directing the US Department of Commerce to investigate potential national security risks of copper imports, which could eventually lead to the imposition of...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

New BIS Rule Expands Export Controls and Due Diligence Requirements for Advanced Computing Integrated Circuits

As part of its ongoing efforts to thwart China's development of advanced computing technologies, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule (the IFR) last month that...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Trump Places His Early Mark on Export Controls

Howard Lutnick has been confirmed as Secretary of Commerce, while Jeffrey Kessler has been nominated for Under Secretary for Industry and Security. Both have more experience with trade policy and tariffs than with export...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Section 232 Tariffs Announced on February 10, 2025

On February 10, 2025, President Trump signed a proclamation that reinstated the 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports from all source countries based on the Section 232 action that President Trump originally initiated...more

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Trump Administration Expands Steel and Aluminum Duties, and Eliminates Product Exclusions and Exemptions from Certain Countries

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On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued two proclamations (collectively, the “Proclamations”) that increase tariffs on imports of aluminum products from 10% to 25%, maintain 25% tariffs on imports of steel products, and...more

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President Trump Expands Steel and Aluminum Tariffs to All Countries; Effective March 12, 2025

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On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued two proclamations - Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the United States and Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States - modifying the steel and aluminum tariffs that he...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

President Trump Reimposes and Expands Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Imports from All Countries

President Trump has announced 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from all countries pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The two Presidential Proclamations issued late on February 10, 2025,...more

Alston & Bird

Lutnick Clears Committee Vote, More Nominations

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A crucial part of Trump’s agenda will be those who execute it. We recap recent developments specific to leadership nominations and confirmations below....more

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U.S. Department of Commerce expands controls on advanced semiconductors and establishes new controls on closed AI model weights

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The new interim final rule imposes new global licensing requirements for ECCNs 3A090.a, 4A090.a, and corresponding .z items; controls for closed AI model weights; updated data center validated end-user authorizations;...more

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