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Financial Transactions Related to Russian Energy Now Prohibited: Expiration of OFAC ‎General License 8L

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On March 12, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) allowed General License (GL) 8L under the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations to expire. As a result, broad OFAC...more

Morgan Lewis

Mexican Companies Face Risk of Secondary Sanctions From Mexican President’s Offer to Sell Gasoline to Venezuela

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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador recently announced that Mexico is willing to ship gasoline to Venezuela notwithstanding the threat of US sanctions against such activity. ...more

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Sanctions news: US targets China, Syria, Venezuela and Iran

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 7 (April 2020) The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has stayed busy during the coronavirus outbreak. The office made several new additions...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Navigating the Recent U.S. Sanctions on COSCO (Dalian) and Other Chinese Companies

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The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Sept. 25, 2019, designated COSCO Shipping Tanker (Dalian) Co. Ltd. (COSCO Dalian), Kunlun Shipping Company Ltd., and certain other entities and individuals as Specially...more

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Trump Administration Targets Government of Venezuela in Expanded Sanctions

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In a show of support for Venezuelan Interim President Juan Guaidó last week, and in opposition to the Maduro regime, President Trump issued Executive Order 13884, which imposes blocking sanctions on the Government of...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Podcast: Venezuela – The Roots and Future of U.S. Sanctions

In this episode, Akin Gump public law and policy senior advisor and former U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and international trade partner Nnedi Ifudu discuss U.S. sanctions on Venezuela. Among the topics covered: • the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Recent U.S. Sanctions Designations Create Additional Risks for Companies Doing Business with Venezuela

• OFAC recently added a Moscow-based Russian-Venezuelan joint venture bank, Evrofinance Mosnarbank (“Evrofinance”), to the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (the “SDN List”) for engaging in sanctions...more

Akerman LLP

Venezuela Sanctions Update

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As noted in ”A Shifting Landscape: Recent Developments Raise Questions about Venezuela’s Future,” the United States has moved in recent weeks to increase pressure on embattled Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro through the...more

BakerHostetler

New Sanctions Against Venezuela's State-Owned Oil Company

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Continued political turmoil in Venezuela has led to additional U.S. sanctions. On Jan. 25, 2019, President Donald Trump amended the various executive orders that authorize sanctions against the government of Venezuela to...more

White & Case LLP

United States Expands Venezuela Sanctions, Targets PdVSA

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On January 28, 2019, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA) on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List). PdVSA...more

The Volkov Law Group

New U.S. Sanctions Against Nicolás Maduro Place Venezuelan Oil Squarely in the Crosshairs

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Venezuela is undergoing a political upheaval. Since his rise to power in 2013, the embattled Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has precipitated a humanitarian crisis that has driven some 3 million Venezuelans to flee...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

OFAC Sanctions Venezuelan State-Owned Energy Company PdVSA, Releases New General Licenses and FAQs for Venezuela Sanctions Regime

• On January 28, 2019, OFAC added the Venezuelan state-owned oil and natural gas company PdVSA to its SDN List. • As a result, U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with PdVSA and entities that...more

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Trump Administration Sanctions Venezuela’s State-Owned Oil Company PdVSA

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Overview - In a major expansion of U.S. sanctions against Venezuela, the Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), named Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (“PdVSA”)—Venezuela’s state-owned oil and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

OFAC Designates Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.; U.S. Expands Sanctions on Venezuelan Government - Additional Measures Also Taken...

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• Pursuant to Executive Order 13850 (E.O. 13850), the U.S. Department of the Treasury's (Treasury) Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA), effectively blocking PdVSA's property...more

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U.S. imposes new sanctions targeting state-owned Venezuelan oil company PdVSA in effort to topple Maduro regime

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On 28 January 2019, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA) as a Specially Designated National (SDN) for operating in the oil sector of the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Iran Sanctions Are Here—Breaking Down What This Means For Business

• As of November 5, 2018, the United States concluded the second of two wind-down periods for re-imposition of U.S. sanctions on Iran following the May 8, 2018, announcement that the United States would cease participation in...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

US Terminates All Remaining Sanctions Relief Under Iran Nuclear Deal

On November 5, 2018, the United States reimposed all remaining nuclear-related sanctions against Iran that it had previously lifted in connection with its implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in...more

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Re-imposing sanctions on Iran, Trump discards nuclear deal

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On 5 November 2018 the United States re-imposed the remaining nuclear-related secondary sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) against Iran that previously had...more

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OFAC Begins to Re-Impose Iran Sanctions and Expands Reach of Previous Sanctions

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The Trump Administration issued a new executive order on August 6, 2018, in order to reimpose the first tranche of the Iran sanctions lifted by the former Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”). ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

US Implements First Round of Iran Sanctions ‘Snap Back’

On August 6, 2018, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13846 to reimpose certain nuclear-related sanctions against Iran that had previously been suspended in January 2016 in connection with the United States’...more

Holland & Knight LLP

President Imposes Additional Sanctions on Venezuelan Government in Wake of Election

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• President Donald Trump has issued a new Executive Order expanding existing sanctions against the government of Venezuela and its instrumentalities, including the state-owned oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela (PdVSA). ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

US Withdrawal From Iran Nuclear Deal Poses Challenges for Companies

On May 8, 2018, President Donald Trump announced that the United States was withdrawing from its participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the agreement the P5+1 (the United States, China, France,...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

U.S. Bans Venezuela’s Oil-Backed Virtual Currency, “Petro,” and Announces Plans to Publish SDNs’ Virtual Currency Addresses

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Last week, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order banning “all transactions” and “dealings” by any individual or entity in the United States that involve “any digital currency, digital coin, or digital token” issued...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Law Imposes Expansive New Sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea While Limiting the President’s Ability to Ease Russia...

On August 2, 2017, President Trump signed into law the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (Pub. Law. No. 115-44, H.R. 3364) (the “Act”), which significantly expands economic sanctions against...more

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President Trump Signs New Sanctions Legislation into Law

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On August 2, 2017, President Trump signed the "Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act" ("Act") into law. The Act, which codifies and strengthens sanctions against Russia and expands sanctions against Iran and...more

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