On August 17, 2023, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) made the final determination in its investigations of whether crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam...more
9/5/2023
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Government Investigations ,
Imports ,
Malaysia ,
Plastic Solar Cells ,
Solar Panels ,
Tax Avoidance ,
Thailand ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Vietnam
On May 19, 2023, the Biden Administration along with leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), unveiled a new package of sanctions. The G7 leaders released a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to offer “the financial,...more
6/6/2023
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Foreign Policy ,
G7 ,
General Licenses ,
Military Conflict ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Third-Party ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Ukraine
On April 19, 2023, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) entered into a settlement agreement wherein Seagate Technology LLC and Seagate Singapore International Headquarters Pte. Ltd....more
4/27/2023
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Settlement Agreements ,
U.S. Commerce Department
What happened?
On December 2, 2022, the US Department of Commerce issued its long-awaited preliminary determinations in the circumvention inquiries on solar cell and module imports triggered by the petition that was...more
12/5/2022
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Cambodia ,
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Customs and Border Protection ,
Government Investigations ,
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Malaysia ,
Plastic Solar Cells ,
Solar Panels ,
Tax Avoidance ,
Thailand ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Vietnam
Recently, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule imposing additional export controls on certain advanced computing and semiconductor manufacturing items and for...more
11/4/2022
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Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
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Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Manufacturers ,
Military End Use ,
National Security ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Commerce Department
Recently, the Biden Administration adopted additional sanctions in response to Russia’s attempts to annex parts of sovereign Ukrainian territory, including the designation of 14 persons in Russia’s military industrial...more
10/13/2022
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Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Entity List ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
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Military Conflict ,
Military End Use ,
New Guidance ,
Russia ,
Third Country Entities (TCEs) ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Ukraine
Today, the Biden Administration took two separate, complementary actions in a response to intense political pressure arising from the ongoing dispute between domestic solar project developers and domestic solar module...more
6/7/2022
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Defense Production Act ,
Electricity ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
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Manufacturers ,
Power Grid ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
Solar Panels ,
State of Emergency ,
Tariff Act of 1930 ,
U.S. Commerce Department
In the latest of a series of measures targeting China before this week’s transition of administrations, on January 14, 2021, the Trump Administration added China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd. (CNOOC) to the US...more
Consistent with the ongoing United States (US) strategy of limiting engagement with China in the high-tech sector (especially telecommunications) on national security grounds, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of...more
6/3/2019
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Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Huawei ,
Licensing Rules ,
National Security ,
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Technology Sector ,
Telecommunications ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
Within the omnibus John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (2019 NDAA) that the President signed into law on August 13, 2018, is the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA),...more
8/14/2018
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China ,
Covered Transactions ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Export Controls ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Investment ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On March 8, 2018, President Trump signed Presidential Proclamations adjusting imports of steel and aluminum into the US. This action marks the imposition of heavy tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, in a move that may...more
3/23/2018
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Anti-Dumping Duty ,
China ,
Countervailing Duties ,
EU ,
GATT ,
Imports ,
National Security ,
Section 232 ,
Steel Industry ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Policy ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
WTO
On February 29, 2016, the European Commission released the text of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. The text reveals the details of a new framework that will place stronger obligations on U.S. companies to protect the personal...more