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World Bank Reconsiders Nuclear Finance

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Under mounting pressure from advocates and stakeholders—most prominently the United States government—the World Bank recently rescinded its longstanding ban on financing nuclear power projects and announced its plan to...more

K2 Integrity

Quick Take: United States To Lift Sanctions Against Syria

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On 13 May 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that his administration will start “restoring the normal relationship” with Syria’s new government and “ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria.” While, at the...more

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Outbound Investment Rules and Implications on U.S. Loan Documentation

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The U.S. outbound investment security program, or Outbound Investment Rules, went into effect on Jan. 2, 2025, and financial institutions have had a few months to adjust to the new regulations....more

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Hot Topics in International Trade - April 2025 - Security for New Bitcoin Strategic Reserve

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New Bitcoin Strategic Reserve: On March 7, 2025, the White House hosted a Digital Assets Summit to celebrate the creation of a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve and a Digital Assets Stockpile by an Executive Order titled,...more

K2 Integrity

The Tornado Cash Delisting And Sanctions Compliance Implications For Crypto

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On 21 March 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) removed Tornado Cash, a virtual currency mixer, from its list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List),...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

How the Trump Administration’s War on Cartels Will Reshape the Financial Sector

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On March 11, 2025, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) aimed at disrupting drug trafficking and money laundering along the southwestern border. The...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Latest Sanctions Developments: Venezuela, Russia, and Yemen

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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

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

President Trump Issues “America First Investment Policy”

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On February 21, 2025, the White House released a memorandum titled, “America First Investment Policy” (the Memorandum). The Memorandum describes how this Administration plans to address U.S. national security risks stemming...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Trump Administration’s America First Investment Policy to Bring Changes to CFIUS and Outbound Investment Reviews

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Below is a summary of some of the measures identified in the Policy, and some suggestions for what foreign and domestic investors should be considering as this goes into effect....more

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Trump Administration Designates Eight Transnational Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated...

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Effective February 20, 2025, the Secretary of State designated eight Latin American organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and as Specially...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Requirements Are Back: New March 21 Deadline

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In the latest twist involving the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the only nationwide injunction still in effect that barred enforcement of the CTA’s filing deadlines (Smith vs. U.S. Department of the Treasury) was stayed...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Corporate Transparency Act Update: Injuction Lifted - Corporate Transparency Act Back in Effect

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On February 17, a federal judge in Texas lifted a preliminary injunction issued in Smith v. United States Department of the Treasury, removing the last legal hurdle to the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act...more

Hogan Lovells

OFAC takes the position that certain kinds of SDN participation in public conferences is not a prohibited service under U.S....

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The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a formal guidance letter stating that certain kinds of Specially Designated Nationals could speak at a public conference to share their individual...more

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Mexican Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations: A New Era of Risk for Global Businesses

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On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists.” This directive instructs the...more

Bracewell LLP

Biden Administration Issues Sweeping Salvo of Sanctions Against the Russian Energy Sector

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On January 10, 2025, in a final action to, among other things, deter Russian aggression on the international stage, the US Department of the Treasury enacted sweeping new sanctions on the Russian energy sector. Specifically,...more

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Investments in Chinese Technology Companies Limited by New US Outbound Investment Rule

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U.S. investors interested in investing in advanced Chinese technology companies may now be constrained by the U.S. Government’s first-ever outbound investment rule (Final Rule) which took effect on Jan. 2, 2025. The Final...more

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Final Rule on Outbound Investments: Implications for Limited Partner Investments

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Introduction - On 28 October 2024, the US Treasury Department issued a Final Rule implementing the Outbound Investment Program (OIP) under Executive Order 14105, which safeguards US national security by limiting investments...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Compliance Deadline Approaches for New Regs Targeting U.S. Investment in Chinese AI, Semiconductors, Quantum Tech

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On November 15, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published final regulations to implement its long-awaited “Outbound Investment” Security Program, which the Biden Administration originally introduced in August 2023 under...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Final Rule Issued Regarding U.S. ‎Outbound Investments in ‎Certain Chinese National Security ‎Technologies and Products

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On October 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) released final regulations (the “Final Rule”) to implement Executive Order 14105, titled “Addressing United States Investments in Certain National...more

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The New National Security Rules for Investing U.S. Capital

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A Guide to the New Diligence Questions for “Outbound” U.S. Investment - In late October 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department (Treasury) issued its final rules (the Outbound Rules) implementing President Biden’s Executive Order...more

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US Treasury Creates the ‘Reverse CFIUS’ Program, a (Limited) Great Wall on Outbound Investment

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The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has released a final rule imposing restrictions on U.S. outbound investment in Chinese companies active in developing certain national security technologies (Final Outbound Rule)....more

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The Treasury Department Finalizes U.S. Outbound Investment Rules

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The Final Rule formalizes a new governmental system to monitor through a notification process and, when necessary, restrict investments in China that may be viewed as a national security risk. The regulations have broad...more

Goodwin

Twenty Questions: Outbound Investment Security Program Targets China’s Semiconductor, Quantum Computing, and AI Industries

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On October 28, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury issued final regulations governing certain outbound investments in the semiconductor, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) sectors of the People’s Republic...more

Hogan Lovells

U.S. Treasury rule establishes outbound investment security program

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On 28 October 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued the Provisions Pertaining to U.S. Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern (Final Rule) implementing...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Treasury Revises Proposed Limits on China Tech Investments

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Revised regulations restricting investments in Chinese companies developing semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum information technologies, and artificial intelligence systems are taking shape and could soon be in...more

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