The European Commission has launched its first investigation into a non-EU country's procurement practices leveraging its new tool, the International Procurement Instrument. This investigation looks at the public procurement...more
The past two years have witnessed significant geopolitical fracturing and macroeconomic difficulties that continue to hamper certain dealmaking. Several sectors have posted transactional lows throughout 2023, and persistent...more
12/11/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Debt Financing ,
EU ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Subsidies ,
Global Dealmaking ,
Hong Kong ,
International Trade ,
Mergers ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Taiwan ,
Trade Secrets ,
United States
On 4 October 2023, the European Commission initiated an anti-subsidy investigation that could lead to increased tariffs on imports of Chinese electric vehicles to the European Union and has broader implications for the global...more
The metals sector is an attractive target for decarbonization due to the energy-intensive nature of traditional production processes.
Carbon: the next frontier of commodities trade tensions -
Governments around the...more
9/16/2021
/ Aluminum Sales ,
Capital Markets ,
Carbon Capture and Sequestration ,
Carbon Emissions ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Emissions Trading System ,
EU ,
Global Market ,
Green Energy ,
Metals ,
Mining ,
Russia ,
Steel Industry ,
WTO
On 30 December 2020, the EU and China agreed in principle on a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment ("CAI"). The text of the agreement is not yet available,1 but the European Commission called it "the most ambitious...more
On 30 July 2020, the EU designated the first individuals and entities under its 2019 sanctions framework targeting parties involved in cyber-attacks that undermine the EU’s integrity, security and economic competitiveness....more
8/10/2020
/ Asset Freeze ,
China ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
List of Specified Persons (LSP) ,
Member State ,
Misappropriation ,
Russia ,
Travel Ban
France, Germany and the United Kingdom, known as the “E3”, announced on 14 January 2020 that they had triggered the dispute resolution mechanism under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”) due to concerns about...more
1/17/2020
/ China ,
Dispute Resolution ,
E3+3 ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Failure to Perform ,
France ,
Germany ,
Iran ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) ,
Russia ,
UK ,
UN Security Council ,
United Nations ,
Winding Down
On May 8, 2019, following Iran's announcement that it intends to suspend certain nuclear proliferation-related commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the United States issued a new Executive order...more
5/14/2019
/ Blocking Sanctions ,
Blocking Statutes ,
CAPTA List ,
China ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Financial Institutions (FFI) ,
France ,
Germany ,
IFCA ,
Iran ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) ,
Metals ,
Nuclear Power ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
SDN List ,
Steel Industry ,
Suspensions ,
Trump Administration ,
UK ,
Waivers