On November 18, 2025, President Donald Trump announced that he designated the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) as a major non-NATO ally....more
11/26/2025
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Eleview International Inc. (Eleview), a freight forwarding business based in Virginia; its owner and chief executive officer (CEO), Oleg Nayandin; and an employee, Vitaliy Borisenko, pled guilty on October 28, 2025 to...more
11/26/2025
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On November 1, 2025, the White House issued a fact sheet titled “President Donald J. Trump Strikes Deal on Economic and Trade Relations with China.”...more
All aspects of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ)’s final rule, “Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons,” are now in force.
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11/11/2025
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The US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule (IFR) on September 30, 2025, extending export restrictions to entities or affiliates that are 50-percent or more directly or...more
10/14/2025
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On September 30, 2025, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule (IFR) amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to expand end-user controls and address diversion risks associated...more
10/6/2025
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