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White House Releases America’s AI Action Plan On July 23, 2025, the White House released America’s AI Action Plan. The plan, initiated by President Donald J. Trump's Executive Order 14179, "Removing Barriers to American...more
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The United States has taken a historic step by terminating the Syria Sanctions Program, marking the most significant shift in U.S. foreign policy towards Syria since the fall of the Assad regime. In our earlier post, we...more
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On April 10, the Trump administration announced, through an executive order (EO), a new initiative to reform the defense sales system, with the goal of improving the speed and accountability of the system....more
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The Trump administration continues to ramp up sanctions on Venezuela and Yemen's Houthis, while sending mixed signals about its intentions with respect to Russia. We provide brief updates on these three areas, following up...more
The Department of State unexpectedly updated the requirements for nonimmigrant visa interview waiver eligibility, effective February 18, 2025. The interview waiver program (also referred to as Dropbox) allows qualified visa...more
The tariff news of the last day has been coming at full speed. Whether a small manufacturer or part of a multinational group company; a firm that manages cross-border supply chains on a daily basis or one that rarely thought...more
On Friday, February 21st, President Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) that is aimed at promoting foreign investment while protecting America’s national security interests, particularly from...more
Requires all officers or employees charged with implementing the foreign policy of the United States to do so under the direction and authority of the President. Failure to faithfully implement the President’s policy is...more
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Under the guise of protecting the President’s authority to conduct foreign affairs, on February 10, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order pausing enforcement of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...more
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