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Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

U.S. Government Eases Some Restrictions on Syria

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On May 23, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced several actions to provide sanctions relief to Syria. OFAC is the primary government agency responsible for administering U.S....more

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U.S. Government Issues Broad Sanctions Relief for Syria

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On May 23, 2025, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued Syria General License 25 (“GL 25”), effectively lifting U.S. sanctions on Syria. This move follows President Trump’s announcement on...more

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

First Quarter Foreign Direct Investment Updates

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On February 21, 2025, the Trump administration published its “America First Investment Policy” memorandum. Among other items, the Policy calls for the United States to restrict China-affiliated persons from investing in...more

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China Further Formalizes Its Anti-Foreign Sanctions Legal Arsenal: the Regulations on Implementation of the Anti-Foreign Sanctions...

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The State Council on March 23 promulgated the Regulations on Implementation of the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law (the “Regulations”), 实施《中华人民共和国反外国制裁法》的规定_外交、外事_中国政府网, for the purpose of implementation of the Anti-Foreign...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Canada Steps Up Sanctions on Russia and Belarus: Extractive Sector Services, Advanced Technology and Certain Media Entities Facing...

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In this post, we describe the many sanctions imposed by Canada on Russia and Belarus, and on certain Ukrainians who have supported them, since our previous update on June 22, 2022. ...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

EU Data Localization Would Hurt U.S. Businesses

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Stung by Brexit and set adrift by a neglectful U.S. foreign policy, the European Union has started to explore new ways of breaking away from the rest of the world, including taking steps to cordon EU data into locally managed...more

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Germany: Waiver of Priority Checks for the Immigration of Skilled Workers

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The German government seeks to promote the prospering of the German economy as finding skilled employees from the German labour market becomes more difficult for many employers, especially in the industries of nursing care...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Trump Declares National Emergency to Secure the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain

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• On May 15, 2019, President Trump issued a long-awaited E.O. designed to curtail the use of telecommunications items and services from certain countries and persons in U.S. networks. The E.O. does not impose immediate...more

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Commerce Adds 50 Foreign Entities to the Unverified List (and Removes 10)

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• The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has added 50 entities to its Unverified List (UVL). Thirty-seven of the newly listed entities are in China. BIS also removed 10 entities from the list that had...more

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