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Post Liberation Day --"Secondary Tariffs" Raise Costs Even Higher for International Actors

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President Trump has used tariffs as a significant point of geopolitical leverage since the beginning of his second term. Indeed, his administration dubbed April 2, 2025 “Liberation Day” in honor of a sweeping set of tariffs...more

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Navigating the Complexities of Forced Labor Laws: ArentFox Schiff's 2024 Guide for Global Businesses

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In the last few years, changes to the United States enforcement stance on the forced labor import ban authorized by 19 U.S.C. § 1307 and passage of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) have fundamentally changed the...more

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US House Committee Proposes Reset to US - China Economic Relationship

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On December 12, 2023, the US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (“Select Committee”) released a report titled “Reset, Prevent, Build: A Strategy to Win America’s Economic Competition with the Chinese...more

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[Webinar] Virtual Proficiency Series on Economic Sanctions - February 6th - 29th, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm EST

ACI’s highly anticipated Proficiency Series on Economic Sanctions provides true immersion into Economic Sanctions with the objective of becoming proficient in 4 weeks. Advance your career and professional development by...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

The Biden Administration’s Moves to Take on China

The past decade has seen a pattern shift with how the U.S. views China, and our corresponding actions have changed the U.S.-Sino relationship from competition to adversarial. The U.S. believes China has acted counter to...more

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Sanctions Against Russia: The Week in Review - April 2022 - 2

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The Week in Review delivers the impact and analysis for the public, private, and non-profit sectors from our regular reporting of the evolving global sanctions campaign against Russia. This week, we reviewed the recent...more

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Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Signed Into Law

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Creates A New Forced Labor “Presumption” That Would Prohibit Certain Imports From Entry Into The United States, Among Other Measures, To Address Forced Labor In China - On December 23, 2021, President Biden signed into law...more

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December 2021 Trade Law Update

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In Husch Blackwell’s December 2021 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law: •President Biden issued a Proclamation to update the Harmonized Tariff...more

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Trade Matters, January 2022: A monthly newsletter covering global trade & national security developments

1. New Import Ban on All Products From China’s Xinjiang Region- In late December 2021, President Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act into law. The new legislation creates a rebuttable presumption that any...more

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President Biden Signs New Law Requiring U.S. Blockage of All Imports Made Wholly or Partly in Xinjiang, China

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President Biden signed into law on December 23 legislation that will, for the first time, require U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) to detain all imports that are made wholly or partly in the Xinjiang Uyghur...more

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Legislation Targeting Imports From Xinjiang Region Moves to President Biden’s Desk

On December 16, 2021, the U.S. Congress passed legislation that effectively prohibits imports of goods made either wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) of China. The prohibition relies on a...more

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Forced Labor Update — Possible Complete XUAR Import Ban

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On December 8, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act nearly unanimously. The House bill would create a “rebuttable presumption” that all goods from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous...more

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Unraveling Trade Compliance Issues Involving China’s Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang

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Companies with supply chains stretching into China and Xinjiang are facing a mountain of compliance challenges.  Over the summer, the Biden Administration has taken numerous aggressive steps to pressure China to address human...more

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CBP Issues WRO on Solar Materials Made By Chinese Companies

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Forced Labor Enforcement Continues to Escalate as Commerce Restricts Exports to 5 Additional PRC Companies - Withhold release order was issued that will prohibit imports of products produced in whole or part from silica...more

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Forced Labor Sanctions in the Solar Industry – What You Need to Know

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Yesterday, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued a Withhold Release Order (“WRO”) against Hoshine Silicon Industry Co. Ltd. , a company located in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (“XUAR”). The WRO...more

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Canada Imposes Economic Sanctions Against China

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On March 22, 2021, Canada imposed new economic sanctions against four officials and one entity under the new Special Economic Measures (People’s Republic of China) Regulations, based on Canada's assessment of their...more

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U.S. Agencies Issue Business Advisory Warning of Xinjiang-Related Supply Chain Exposure and OFAC Imposes Blocking Sanctions on...

- On July 1, the Departments of Commerce, Homeland Security, State, and the Treasury issued a joint advisory on the “Risks and Considerations for Businesses with Supply Chain Exposure to Entities Engaged in Forced Labor and...more

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COVID-19: Impacts on US Sanctions Regulation and Policy

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound economic and political effects over the past several months. Increasingly, those effects have led a number of US policymakers, US allies, and others to question certain US sanctions...more

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Venezuela Update: November 19, 2019

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Oct. 21, 2019, renewed for three months a license granted to several U.S. oil companies so that they may continue operating in the country until Jan. 22, 2020. Chevron is the only...more

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Global Magnitsky Sanctions Target Human Rights Abusers and Government Corruption Around the World

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On December 20, 2017, President Trump issued a new Executive Order (EO) targeting corruption and human rights abuses around the world. The EO implements last year's Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (the...more

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