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USTR Finalizes Action on New and Increased Section 301 Tariffs

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced final modifications concerning the statutory review of the tariff actions in the Section 301 investigation of the People's Republic of China's (PRC) Acts,...more

Major Export Controls Revisions and the AUKUS Trilateral Security Partnership

The U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of State have been continuously easing restrictions on export-controlled trade between the United States, United Kingdom and Australia to foster technological innovation...more

Treasury Department Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Rule on Outbound Investment Screening

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Investment Security on June 21, 2024, issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) implementing Executive Order (E.O.) 14105 that was announced on Aug. 9, 2023,...more

OFAC Amends Regulations to Support Cuban People, Independent Private-Sector Entrepreneurs

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) amended the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR), 31 CFR Part 515, to promote internet freedom in Cuba, support independent Cuban private-sector...more

Biden Administration Announces Completion of China Section 301 Review and New Tariffs

The Biden Administration announced on May 14, 2024, the completion of its review of China's trade practices under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. The White House announcement maintains current tariffs on Chinese imports...more

Treasury Department Issues Proposed Rule to Enhance CFIUS Procedures, Enforcement Authorities

Almost six years after the enactment of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), the U.S. Department of the Treasury, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS),...more

OFAC Revokes General License 44 Related to Venezuela's Oil and Gas Sector

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License 44A (GL 44A) on April 17, 2024, replacing and superseding General License 44 (GL 44). On Oct. 18, 2023, OFAC suspended...more

New Tri-Seal Compliance Note Issued to Non-U.S. Persons

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 6, 2024, issued a Tri-Seal...more

Tri-Seal Compliance Note Issued on Export Controls, Sanctions Violations Self-Disclosures

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on July 26, 2023, issued a Tri-Seal Compliance Note...more

United States Imposes Expanded Sanctions and Export Controls on Russia

The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) took a number of actions under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) on May 19, 2023. Here are some of the key U.S. export control actions...more

Holland & Knight's China Practice Newsletter: March-April 2023

Holland & Knight invites you to read our China Practice Newsletter, in which our authors discuss pertinent Sino-American topics. ...more

OFAC Updates U.S. Oil Price Cap Policy Against Russia

As an update to an earlier Holland & Knight alert on the same topic, the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has published another determination pursuant to Executive Order 14071 expanding...more

Nearshoring Opportunities in Mexico Appeal to U.S., Chinese and Other Asian Companies

Nearshoring is now clearly on the agenda of North American leaders, due in part because of supply chain disruptions derived from COVID-19, the United States' trade tensions with China1 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine....more

OFAC Increases Civil Monetary Penalties for 2023

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is increasing each civil monetary penalty within its jurisdiction for 2023 by 7.7 percent. The increases came into effect on Jan. 13, 2023.1 Note...more

Restraining the Kraken: Another Crypto Company Under OFAC Scrutiny

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) on Nov. 28, 2022, announced a more than $362,000 settlement with Payward Inc. d/b/a Kraken (Kraken), a Delaware-incorporated company that offers...more

OFAC Places Price Cap on Maritime Services Related to Russian Oil

The U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) on Nov. 21, 2022, published a determination pursuant to E.O. 14071 prohibiting U.S. persons from providing certain services related to the maritime...more

OFAC Provides Relief for Certain Aviation and Maritime Vessels

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) recently issued two general licenses related to aviation and maritime safety. OFAC issued Russia-related General License 40C (GL 40C), Civil...more

Holland & Knight's China Practice Newsletter: November-December 2022

Holland & Knight invites you to read our China Practice Newsletter, in which our authors discuss pertinent Sino-American topics. The firm provides legal assistance to Chinese investors and companies doing business or making...more

Crypto Company Comes Under OFAC Scrutiny

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Oct. 11, 2022, announced a more than $24.28 million settlement with Bittrex Inc. (Bittrex), a Bellevue, Washington-based company that offers...more

Holland & Knight's China Practice Newsletter: September-October 2022

China Practice Newsletter Holland & Knight invites you to read our China Practice Newsletter, in which our authors discuss pertinent Sino-American topics. The firm provides legal assistance to Chinese investors and companies...more

CFIUS 2021 Annual Report: Considerations for Businesses

The U.S. Department of the Treasury, in its role as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), released the public version of its Annual Report to Congress for Calendar Year 2021 (Annual...more

UFLPA Comes Into Effect; Task Force Publishes Its Enforcement Strategy

The bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) went into effect on June 21, 2022. Moving forward, any goods mined, produced or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of the...more

5 Key Takeaways from the 2022 Inaugural CFIUS Conference

The interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) hosted its 2022 Inaugural Conference on June 16, 2022. In its capacity as chair of CFIUS, the U.S. Department of the Treasury...more

Biden Administration Eases Some Trump-Era Cuba Restrictions

The U.S. Department of State announced on May 16, 2022, a series of measures aimed at supporting the Cuban people and independent Cuban entrepreneurs and loosening Trump-era restrictions that largely isolated the island and...more

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