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The Trump Administration has repeatedly signaled its prioritization of targeting traffickers of synthetic opioids, especially fentanyl. On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order “creating a process by...more
The United States has taken a historic step by terminating the Syria Sanctions Program, marking the most significant shift in U.S. foreign policy towards Syria since the fall of the Assad regime. In our earlier post, we...more
The National Security Presidential Memorandum represents another component in the reestablishment of a more hardline approach to Cuba. Cuba Restricted List potentially to be expanded to include entities with which indirect...more
The United States had imposed layers of sanctions on Syria since deeming it a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1979. The U.S. Treasury imposed most sanctions during the Iraq War and the Syrian Civil War. In December 2024, Hay’at...more
On June 30, President Trump signed Executive Order 14312, “Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions” (EO), which formally terminates many U.S. sanctions on Syria. Public reports indicate that the European Union has...more
On May 23, 2025, approximately five months after the Assad regime was overthrown, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) officially issued Syria General License (GL) 25, which lifted the...more
On June 25, 2025, FinCEN issued its first orders under the 2024 FEND Off Fentanyl Act (FOFA), imposing special measures against three Mexican financial firms—CIBanco S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple (CIBanco), Intercam...more
On June 30, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14312 (“E.O. 14312” or the “E.O.”) titled “Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions,” which terminates, effective July 1, 2025, the longstanding U.S. sanctions...more
After the fall of the former regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the Presidential Administration has taken steps to formally dismantle the U.S.’s two-decade-long comprehensive trade restrictions on Syria. These steps began...more
On June 25, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued orders identifying three Mexican financial institutions as being of primary money laundering concern in connection with...more
Orders the termination of prior Syria-related sanctions effective July 1, 2025, while directing the Secretaries of State, Treasury, and Commerce to implement new authorities that both provide targeted sanctions relief and...more
On May 23, 2025, 10 days after President Trump announced his directive to lift U.S. sanctions on Syria during his visit to Saudia Arabia last month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control...more
In response to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, lawmakers in both chambers of Congress have introduced legislation aimed at penalizing Russia through the imposition of sanctions and other economic measures. The...more
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
Less than two weeks after President Donald Trump announced that his administration would lift U.S. sanctions on Syria, the U.S. Departments of the Treasury and State took significant first steps to provide the anticipated...more
On May 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Syria General License (GL) 25 to provide immediate sanctions relief for Syria in line with President Trump’s May 13, 2025...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on May 23, 2025, announced a significant relaxation of the comprehensive economic sanctions imposed on Syria through the issuance of General...more
President Trump announced plans to relax sanctions against Syria during his recent trip to the Middle East, where he visited with the country’s President, Ahmed al-Sharaa. ...more
General License 25 effectively suspends OFAC sanctions targeting Syria. Stringent US export control restrictions on exports and reexports to Syria remain....more
CBP Issues Facility Requirements for Bonded Warehouses In a Cargo Systems Messaging Service (“CSMS”) message, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) clarified that bonded warehouses, as defined in 19 C.F.R. § 19.1, do...more
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday during his trip to the Middle East that his administration would lift U.S. sanctions on Syria. Since the shock collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria late last year, the...more
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
President Trump has used tariffs as a significant point of geopolitical leverage since the beginning of his second term. Indeed, his administration dubbed April 2, 2025 “Liberation Day” in honor of a sweeping set of tariffs...more
On February 21, 2025, President Trump issued a memorandum titled "America First Investment Policy" (the “Policy”), outlining new measures to shape U.S. investment policy. Though the Policy makes it clear that the United...more
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