On 12 March 2025, the EU announced that it will impose countermeasures in response to new tariffs imposed by the US on steel and aluminium imports. The EU countermeasures are twofold: First, the European Commission will...more
In early March the European Council and Parliament reached a provisional agreement on a new EU regulation concerning forced labour in supply chains. The European Parliament has approved the English-language text of a proposed...more
On 11 March 2024, the UK government issued new amending regulations, the Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (the “Amending Regulations”), which update the Export Control Order 2008 and the retained EU Dual-Use...more
The UK has now signed its accession protocol to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). This is almost the final stage in the UK’s accession to the CPTPP, with only UK and...more
The US Bureau of Industry and Security has announced that the “Five Eyes” countries have committed to formally coordinate on export controls enforcement. The intelligence alliance member countries hope to increase enforcement...more