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Suirui International Ordered to Divest from Jupiter Systems

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President Donald Trump issued a presidential order (the Order) on July 8, 2025, retroactively prohibiting the acquisition of Jupiter Systems LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, by Suirui International Co. Ltd., a Hong...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

USMCA: Implications for Biologics and Innovation

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) into law. The USMCA contains a number of key and last-minute revisions that implicate biologic medicines and patent obligations. ...more

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What the amendments to the USMCA mean for Canadian IP law

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On December 10, 2019, Canada, the United States and Mexico signed the Protocol of Amendment to the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States and Canada (commonly referred to as the USMCA). The...more

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10-Year Data Exclusivity for Biologics Removed from Final USMCA Agreement

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On December 10, 2019, the House Democrats and Trump administration reached an agreement on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which would replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) of 1994....more

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US-Mexico-Canada Agreement Advantages Over NAFTA Relating To Intellectual Property, Agriculture and Automotive Manufacturing

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Passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has recently been characterized by the media as a political issue, with President Trump pushing for a vote by year’s end and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi not...more

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ADG Insights | U.S. National Security Developments Regarding China

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With or without a trade deal, national security concerns regarding China are here to stay - Since President Trump took office, the U.S.-China trade relationship has been at the center of the administration’s foreign...more

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Key IP Takeaways from the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

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On September 30, 2018, the United States, Mexico and Canada reached a trade agreement to supersede the North American Free Trade Agreement. The aptly named United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement includes intellectual property...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

On November 30, 2018 the United States, Mexico, and Canada formally signed the new cross-border trading agreement known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (the "USMCA"), ending almost two years of economic...more

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International Trade: A New Dawn for North American Trade

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The business community, lawmakers and even workers across North America breathed a collective sigh of relief on October 1, 2018, after the renegotiated NAFTA agreement was unveiled. Following negotiations that had become...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement: Intellectual Property Provisions for the Modern Age

On October 1, 2018, the United States, Canada, and Mexico announced that they had reached an agreement to “modernize” the 24-year old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). When NAFTA came into effect, it created the...more

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AFTA NAFTA: USMCA and the path forward

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On 30 September, after an intensive, last-minute flurry of negotiations, Canada joined the United States and Mexico in a new trilateral agreement to replace the original North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA 1.0). ...more

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Alert: Goodbye NAFTA, Hello USMCA: A New Framework for Investment, IP and the Digital Economy

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The new United States Mexico Canada Agreement announced on October 1, 2018, will replace the North America Free Trade Agreement and significantly alter the legal framework of what has arguably been the most successful...more

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Treasury Releases Interim Regulations for FIRRMA Pilot Program

The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), yesterday issued temporary regulations in connection with the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Announced

On Sunday, September 30, President Trump reached an agreement with the governments of Canada and Mexico to revise and modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Publishing the text of the new agreement just...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

After NAFTA: Digital Trade in the New USMCA

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One of the avowed reasons for scrapping the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and replacing it with a new agreement was that “digital trade” did not even exist in 1994 when NAFTA came into force. Accordingly, The...more

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U.S., Mexico, Canada Agree to Update NAFTA

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After more than a year of sometimes contentious negotiations, the United States, Mexico, and Canada (the “Parties”) reached an agreement late Sunday night to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”)—renaming...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

NAFTA Agreement Reached at the Eleventh Hour

A tripartite agreement to save NAFTA has been reached. The agreement, reached late last night, provides Congress the necessary 60 days’ notice of the text to approve so that President Pena Nieto of Mexico can sign before he...more

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USMCA – New Agreement as to The Modernization of NAFTA Comes with Key Changes Regarding U.S. IP Rights

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Late on September 30, an agreement (USMCA) was reached between the United States, Mexico and Canada which modernizes the 24 year old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Mexico and U.S. Are Back in Business

The United States and Mexico reached a preliminary agreement on revisions to the North American Free Trade Agreement on Monday, ending months of political uncertainty and threats of harsh international trade policies between...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

U.S. Employs Rarely Used Tool to Probe China IP Practices

As President Trump visits China, U.S. is investigating a longstanding issue in bilateral relationship—technology transfer/intellectual property requirements—that has potential implications for trade. U.S. business and...more

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