Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China - On March 4, 2025, the United States will implement previously suspended tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, as well as new tariffs on Chinese imports, marking a significant...more
2/28/2025
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The United States Postal Service has reversed its decision to temporarily suspend inbound packages from China and Hong Kong, citing coordination with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to implement an efficient tariff collection...more
2/6/2025
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In October 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued new guidance to financial institutions (“FIs”) on best practices for compliance with the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). This guidance outlines...more
In this episode, Mike Burke, AGG Corporate partner and co-chair of the firm’s International Initiative, is joined by Allison Raley, AGG Emerging Technologies co-chair and Certified Global Sanction Specialist, to analyze U.S....more
In this episode, Mike Burke, AGG Corporate partner and co-chair of the firm’s International Initiative, is joined by Allison Raley, AGG Emerging Technologies co-chair and Certified Global Sanction Specialist, to analyze U.S....more
In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine — and Belarus’s support of the invasion — the United States has unveiled a range of economic sanctions on Russia and Belarus over the past week that will impact every U.S....more
3/1/2022
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On July 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced a $134,523 civil settlement with Amazon, Inc. (“Amazon”), for alleged violations of multiple OFAC sanction and embargo...more
On February 28, 2017, United Medical Instruments, Inc. (UMI), a California corporation, settled its potential civil liability with the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in the amount of...more
2016 was an active year for U.S. export control developments impacting U.S. pharma/device companies. We expect 2017 also to be busy, especially with the upcoming change in Administrations. This article briefly will review for...more
On September 28, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) at the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued its Biennial Report of Licensing Activities Pursuant to the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000,...more
On September 14, 2016, the President announced his intention to terminate the national emergency with respect to Burma, the effect of which will be to end the current U.S. sanctions program against that country as overseen by...more
Two recent settlements by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) confirm that every U.S. life sciences company engaging in exports should have an effective U.S. export control compliance...more