Today my colleagues and I will discuss recent developments in the US trade regulatory space.
We’re almost 100 days into the new administration, which stepped into a dynamic US trade regulatory environment, including new...more
4/23/2025
/ Biden Administration ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Deregulation ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Investment ,
National Security ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies
Life sciences companies have long been outside the scope of US national security regulations and benefited from significant exemptions under US privacy laws. ...more
4/15/2025
/ CFIUS ,
China ,
Clinical Trials ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Investment ,
Life Sciences ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Sensitive Personal Information
On December 27, 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a final rule establishing a new national security program to prevent access to Americans’ bulk sensitive personal data and government-related data by China...more
On October 28, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury issued final regulations governing certain outbound investments in the semiconductor, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) sectors of the People’s Republic...more
11/7/2024
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
China ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Investment ,
National Security ,
Outbound Transactions ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Semiconductors ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Treasury
Proposed federal legislation known as the BIOSECURE Act is being considered in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate....more
3/6/2024
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Biotechnology ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Cuba ,
Data Collection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Entity List ,
Export Controls ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Iran ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
North Korea ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Russia ,
Technology Sector
After months of speculation, the US government took steps to regulate outbound investment in specific foreign industries of concern. President Biden on August 9, 2023, issued Executive Order 14105 directing the Department of...more
8/16/2023
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
China ,
Electronics ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Investment ,
Hong Kong ,
Macau ,
National Security ,
Notice Requirements ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Outbound Transactions ,
Popular ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Semiconductors ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Treasury
Much has been reported in the media about the efforts of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to investigate — and, where appropriate, mitigate, or even divest — transactions that the parties did...more
On January 19, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce published an interim final rule (the “ICTS Rule”) under former President Trump’s Information and Communications Technology and Services Executive Order issued in May 2019....more
On November 19, 2018, the Department of Commerce published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) seeking public comment on how to identify certain “emerging technologies” that are essential to U.S. national...more
New legislation addressing foreign investment in the United States is expected to become law in the next several weeks. The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) promises important changes to the powers...more