U.S. President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14157 (the EO) on Jan. 20, 2025, calling for the designation of drug cartels and other foreign organizations as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) or specially designated...more
In response to the tariffs imposed by President Trump on Canada, Mexico, and China on February 1, 2025 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), each of those three countries has indicated it plans to...more
The first two days of the new Trump administration were marked by pronouncements that portend short-run uncertainty about the tariff environment. Although President Trump’s past statements had led many people to expect he...more
On December 15, 2021, the Biden Administration issued a new Executive Order (E.O.) pursuant to the Fentanyl Sanctions Act (FSA) that modernizes the Treasury Department’s authority to impose sanctions on foreign drug...more
Headlines from the final months of 2017 included the signing of a new executive order with global anti-corruption implications; new guidance on the Trump Administration’s approach to Russia sanctions under CAATSA; tightening...more
During the same week that President Barack Obama announced sweeping changes in the diplomatic and trade relationships between the United States and Cuba, the president signed congressional legislation authorizing additional...more