News & Analysis as of August 11, 2025

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President Trump Orders 50 percent Section 232 Tariff on Copper Imports

White & Case LLP on 8/7/2025

On July 30, 2025, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation1 that imposed a 50 percent tariff on the copper input value of imports of semi-finished copper and intensive copper derivative products effective August 1,...more

Hot Topics in International Trade - June 2025 - Protectionism or Free Trade?

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC on 6/10/2025

The Realities of Free Trade - Many of our basic freedoms are guaranteed by the Constitution. Speech, press, assembly, religion: these are all accepted as sacrosanct rights by reasonable people across the political spectrum....more

US Treasury Department Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Implementation of Outbound Investment: 5 Key Takeaways

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/2/2024

The proposed regulations would implement President Biden’s Executive Order that restricts certain outbound investments from the US. On June 21, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued a Notice of Proposed...more

As the App World Turns: Halt on Implementation of Commerce Prohibitions Regarding TikTok and WeChat

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 9/22/2020

This past weekend saw a halt to the anticipated September 20 implementation of broad prohibitions published on September 18 by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) regarding TikTok and WeChat mobile applications. No...more

U.S. Department of Commerce Publishes Transactions with ByteDance and Tencent That Are Prohibited Due to National Security...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 9/21/2020

On September 18, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued two orders identifying the specific transactions related to the WeChat and TikTok mobile applications ("Orders") that are prohibited pursuant to Executive Orders...more

Uncertainty Surrounds Forthcoming Commerce Department Action on TikTok & WeChat “Bans”

Alston & Bird on 9/16/2020

As the countdown continues to September 20, our International Trade & Regulatory Group examines the ambiguities underlying the unprecedented Executive Orders purporting to ban the use of TikTok and WeChat, questions that may...more

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