On September 6, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) in the U.S. Commerce Department issued an interim final rule (“IFR”) under the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to add new export controls on semiconductor,...more
9/13/2024
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ECCNs ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Foreign Policy ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
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National Security ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Commerce Department
As Russia continues its war against Ukraine and Ukraine has itself recently opened a new front by capturing Russian territory in its Kursk region, the United States announced on August 23 its latest tranche of sanctions...more
9/6/2024
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Foreign Policy ,
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Know Your Customers ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Record Retention ,
Russia ,
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Technology Sector ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Ukraine
The U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) earlier this month proposed a set of wide-ranging revisions and additions to its regulations (i.e., the “Proposed Rule”) for antidumping and countervailing duty (“AD/CVD”)...more
7/23/2024
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Anti-Dumping Duty ,
Chevron Deference ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Imports ,
Judicial Review ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Proposed Rules ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US Trade Policies
On October 4, 2023, U.S. interested parties filed a petition (“Petition”) seeking to impose antidumping (“AD”) and countervailing duties (“CVDs”) on imports of certain aluminum extrusions from China, Colombia, the Dominican...more
10/6/2023
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Anti-Dumping Duty ,
China ,
Colombia ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Dominican Republic ,
Equador ,
Imports ,
India ,
International Harmonization ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Italy ,
Malaysia ,
Mexico ,
National Security ,
Section 301 ,
South Korea ,
Taiwan ,
Tariffs ,
Thailand ,
Turkey ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
United Arab Emirates (UAE) ,
Vietnam
The International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act ("IITSSA"), 22 USC § 3101 requires the Bureau of Economic Analysis (“BEA”) within the U.S. Department of Commerce to conduct a national survey of foreign direct...more
3/28/2023
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Corporate Counsel ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Investment ,
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Required Forms ,
Surveys ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On January 5, 2023, President Biden ushered in the new year by signing into law the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act of 2022 (“PAIPA”), Pub. Law 117-336.1 PAIPA was passed with considerable bipartisan support in...more
1/23/2023
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Corporate Counsel ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export-Import Bank of the US ,
Foreign Entities ,
Foreign Persons ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trade ,
New Legislation ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Theft ,
Trade Secrets ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
USPTO
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has said it is contemplating new export controls on certain neurotechnology items and has adopted new controls on genetic sequencing software and...more
11/10/2021
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Asia ,
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Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Genetic Testing ,
Intrusion Software ,
Licenses ,
Software ,
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U.S. Commerce Department
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) in U.S. Department of Commerce has added 34 more companies to its Entity List in its continued expansion of U.S. export controls to address human rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur...more
7/21/2021
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Export Controls ,
Forced Labor ,
General Licenses ,
Human Rights ,
Iran ,
Military End Use ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Tariff Act of 1930 ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Withhold Release Orders (WROs)
On April 8, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) added seven Chinese supercomputer firms and organizations to its Entity List, the agency’s principal export sanctions list. BIS alleges...more
4/26/2021
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Customs and Border Protection ,
Entity List ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Exports ,
Forced Labor ,
Huawei ,
Human Rights ,
Imports ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
ZTE
On January 19, 2021, one day before the transition to the new Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Commerce published its interim final regulations (“Regulations”) that will allow the United States to review, block,...more
3/26/2021
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CFIUS ,
China ,
Electronic Communications ,
Foreign Investment ,
Information Technology ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Licensing Rules ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Technology ,
U.S. Commerce Department
Rounding out an already-intense 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued three notices in December that expanded export sanctions and restrictions against Chinese, Russian, and...more
1/14/2021
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Commerce Control List ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Hong Kong ,
Licensing Rules ,
Military End Use ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Venezuela
In an Executive Order (EO) issued on Wednesday, President Trump gave exceedingly broad authority to the U.S. Department of Commerce to block transactions of information and communications products and services if the...more
5/17/2019
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Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Digital Communications ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Information Technology ,
National Security ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Tariffs ,
Telecommunications ,
Trump Administration ,
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