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Treasury releases proposed Outbound Investment Security Program rules

On June 21, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released proposed new federal regulations (Proposed Rules) that, if implemented, would prohibit or require notification of a broad range of outbound investment...more

National Security Act of 2024 extends statute of limitations for sanctions violations to 10 years

The measure also harmonizes Russia sanctions rules with allies, and intensifies penalties against Iran - The National Security Act, 2024 (Pub. L No 118-50) was enacted on April 24, 2024. In addition to the Act’s provisions...more

Commerce issue final determination in solar panel AD/CVD circumvention investigation

On August 17, 2023, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) made the final determination in its investigations of whether crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam...more

The long-awaited US outbound investment program - what’s proposed and what’s the scope and effect

After months of deliberation, on August 9, 2023, President Biden issued the executive order “Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern” (Order), with...more

The recently enacted 2023 National Defense Authorization Act adopts federal procurement restrictions for certain covered Chinese...

Amid the 4,000 pages of provisions in the recently enacted Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) are prohibitions and associated requirements relating to the federal procurement of certain Chinese...more

Department of Commerce determines solar cells and modules imported from Southeast Asia circumvent antidumping and countervailing...

What happened? On December 2, 2022, the US Department of Commerce issued its long-awaited preliminary determinations in the circumvention inquiries on solar cell and module imports triggered by the petition that was...more

Commerce Department offers guidance on new controls on US person activities supporting the development or production of integrated...

Recently, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule imposing additional export controls on certain advanced computing and semiconductor manufacturing items and for...more

The UFLPA becomes effective and CBP and DHS issue compliance guidance

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (the UFLPA) came into effect last week, and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have released guidance for importers for demonstrating...more

Sanctions on polysilicon from Xinjiang threaten solar panel supply chains

In 2019, the US imposed sanctions against China in reaction to “serious human rights abuse against ethnic minorities in Xinjiang...” The sanctions followed reports of mass arbitrary detention and severe physical abuse, among...more

President Biden issues Executive Order modifying, but mostly retaining, the Trump Era Chinese Military Company securities ban 

On June 3, 2021, in one of his first major China-related actions, President Biden issued an Executive Order that amends, but keeps intact the core elements of, previous orders issued by President Trump prohibiting US Persons...more

US targets China’s National Offshore Oil Corporation with export sanctions

In the latest of a series of measures targeting China before this week’s transition of administrations, on January 14, 2021, the Trump Administration added China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd. (CNOOC) to the US...more

Late-stage Trump Administration action bans transactions in publicly traded securities of Chinese military companies

On November 12, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order (Order) that effectively prohibits US persons from transacting in publicly traded securities of Chinese firms determined by the US government to be owned or...more

US government targets tech giant Huawei in China trade war

Consistent with the ongoing United States (US) strategy of limiting engagement with China in the high-tech sector (especially telecommunications) on national security grounds, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of...more

The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018—stepping up national security reviews of foreign acquisitions

Within the omnibus John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (2019 NDAA) that the President signed into law on August 13, 2018, is the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA),...more

China faces potential new trade restrictions

Today President Trump signed a memorandum directing Administration officials to proceed with the imposition of trade restrictions on China and Chinese products in retaliation for China’s unfair intellectual property...more

US announces tariffs on steel and aluminum

On March 8, 2018, President Trump signed Presidential Proclamations adjusting imports of steel and aluminum into the US. This action marks the imposition of heavy tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, in a move that may...more

President’s decision on imported solar cells and modules takes effect

On January 23, 2018, the White House released its long-awaited decision on safeguard measures to limit imports of solar cells and modules. The President’s decision follows the US International Trade Commission’s (ITC)...more

Union Seeks Increased Duties on Imported Aluminum

On April 18, the United Steelworkers Union (USW) petitioned the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC or Commission) for relief pursuant to Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974, a safeguard provision of the U.S. trade...more

Solar Products from China and Taiwan Face Major New Investigations

On February 14, the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) voted to go forward with the new antidumping and countervailing duty cases filed on New Year’s Eve by SolarWorld Industries America, Inc., the U.S. solar panel...more

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