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The White House's Action Plan to Win the AI Race

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On Wednesday, July 23, the White House released a formal initiative titled “Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan” (the “Action Plan”), a three-pillared agenda that the U.S. aims to employ in pursuing global AI...more

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New US-DRC Minerals Dialogue Signals Long-Term Investment Potential

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The United States is advancing discussions toward a strategic minerals partnership with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This initiative reflects Washington’s growing focus on securing reliable access to critical...more

Paul Hastings LLP

From Burden to Balance: UK Moves to Streamline NSIA Regime

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On 22 July 2025, the UK Cabinet Office announced a package of proposed reforms to the National Security and Investment Act (NSIA) 2021 aimed at streamlining the regime and easing the burden facing businesses who trigger NSIA...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

G7 Releases Critical Minerals Action Plan on the Heels of IEA’s 2025 Critical Minerals Outlook

The IEA’s 2025 Global Critical Minerals Outlook reveals a market at a crossroads: While demand for energy transition and other minerals continues to surge, investment and supply diversification are not keeping pace....more

Ropes & Gray LLP

What Are the Key Takeaways From Rachel Reeves’ Spending Review and Who Will be the Biggest Winners?

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Rachel Reeves, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, has revealed the Government’s Spending Review 2025 (SR25) setting out departmental budgets until 2029 and capital investment until 2030. The SR25 is in line with the...more

The Volkov Law Group

OFAC Recalibrates Syria Sanctions in Response to Regime Change

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On May 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued General License No. 25 under the Syrian Sanctions Regulations, marking a measured but far-reaching reconfiguration of...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

UAE’s Stargate – A Defining Moment for Global AI and Infrastructure

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The UAE’s bold move to launch the “Stargate” AI data center in Abu Dhabi by 2026 is more than a technological milestone. It’s a strategic play that reinforces the country’s ambition to lead in AI, digital infrastructure, and...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Syria sanctions lifted after decades

On May 23, 2025, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License 25 (GL 25), authorizing transactions prohibited by the Syrian Sanctions Regulations, effectively lifting sanctions on Syria. This comes 10...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

From Storage to AI Factories: Data Centre Investment Considerations for Private Capital Investors

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Data centres have become one of the most critical assets of the digital age and form one of the key pillars in modern infrastructure investment. Once viewed as passive storage units, today they power everything from streaming...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Breaking Ground: The Trump Administration Invokes Emergency Powers in New Executive Order to Boost U.S. Critical Mineral...

On March 20, 2025, the Trump administration invoked emergency powers in an Executive Order (EO) entitled Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production, aiming to accelerate domestic mineral mining and processing....more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Trump Administration Executive Order Sets Course for U.S. Mineral Production and Supply Chain Resilience

On March 20, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production,” which aims to reestablish the United States as a dominant force in critical mineral production...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - February 2025 - China’s Growing Influence in Latin America: Infrastructure Investments and...

China has significantly expanded its economic and geopolitical footprint in Latin America, particularly through the acquisition and development of critical infrastructure such as ports, airfields, and railways. This strategic...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Navigating DeepSeek’s Challenge: President Trump’s Stargate Initiative and Preparing Businesses for AI Leadership

What Is the Stargate Initiative? Announced by President Donald Trump on January 21, 2025, the Stargate Initiative is a monumental $500 billion public-private sector investment aimed at enhancing the United States’ AI...more

Perkins Coie

Trends in the Growth of Investment in US Data Centers Under the Trump Administration

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As President Donald Trump’s announcement of the Stargate joint venture demonstrates, international stakeholders have been increasing their engagement in the U.S. data center industry. The growth in foreign investment in...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Trump 2.0: AI and Data Centers in a Time of Legal and Technological Disruption

In just over a week, the second Trump administration has already announced initiatives that could lead to major shifts in the legal landscape for artificial intelligence (AI) and associated energy sources. What is more, the...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Alberta's Data Centre Advantage: A Growing Hotspot for Critical Digital Infrastructure

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The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning is reshaping industries worldwide, with Alberta emerging as a key destination for AI investments. As nations compete to lead in this transformative...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

AI’s Power Play: Congress Calls for Smart Energy Solutions to Fuel AI Growth

The energy demands of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are growing significantly, with the Department of Energy (DOE) forecasting a tenfold increase in data center energy demand due to the rise of AI applications and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

2024 Insights: Other Regulatory Developments

AI in 2024: Monitoring New Regulation and Staying in Compliance With Existing Laws Companies that develop or employ AI tools have to consider proposed AI-specific regulation as well as an array of existing IP, privacy,...more

A&O Shearman

National Security and Investment Bill: the impact on energy and infrastructure

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On 11 November 2020 the UK Government published its groundbreaking National Security and Investment Bill (Bill). The Bill will drastically expand the Government’s powers to scrutinise investment on national security grounds,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

National Security and Investment Controls The Governments White Paper

Amongst the flurry of ministerial assignments issued on the last day of a rather turbulent political term, was the Government’s White Paper on national security investment controls and the accompanying Statement of Policy...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Towards a UK Investment Act?

NOTE: This client alert was originally published 9 November 2016, and has been updated to reflect subsequent developments. Against the background of UK policy moving towards a more nationally-led trade and investment...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Towards a UK Investment Act?

Against the background of UK policy moving towards a more nationally-led trade and investment policy following this summer’s referendum, the new UK government is still in the process of establishing its policies regarding...more

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