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Eased Sanctions Present New Opportunities and Risks

In last month’s newsletter, we discussed how developments in 2012 had considerably tightened sanctions against Iran, including through the first-ever application of sanctions to separately incorporated subsidiaries of U.S....more

REGULATORY: International Trade: United States Eases Sanctions Against Burma, but Companies Should Proceed with Caution

Following Burma’s landmark elections last spring that marked a transition from military to quasi-civilian rule, the United States took a number of steps to ease existing sanctions against Burma in an effort to promote...more

U.S. Eases Burma (Myanmar) Import Ban

On November 16, 2012, the Obama Administration announced that the U.S. would begin to allow imports from Burma (Myanmar), ending a decade-old ban on Burmese imports. The decision, published in a joint announcement by the U.S....more