The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it has initiated a Trade Expansion Act of 1962 Section 232 investigation to determine whether imports of pharmaceutical products and ingredients pose a national security risk to...more
4/17/2025
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President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) on Feb. 3, 2025, directing the Treasury and Commerce secretaries to submit a comprehensive plan within 90 days for the creation of the United States' first Sovereign...more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Jan. 21, 2025 (Jan. 21 NPRM), narrowing the scope of the administrative exemption under...more
1/30/2025
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In a much-anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 17, 2025, rejected TikTok's appeal and upheld the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (Act). The act, which was signed into...more
1/20/2025
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Final Rule on outbound investment screening went into effect on Jan. 2, 2025. The Final Rule establishes a much-awaited outbound investment screening regime, implementing Executive Order...more
1/13/2025
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The U.S. government's efforts to secure sensitive personal data against foreign adversaries, primarily with an eye toward China, continue. On June 9, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order on Protecting...more
6/14/2021
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WeChat
The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on Dec. 23, 2020, amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to remove Hong Kong as a separate destination listed in the EAR....more
Amid the Trump Administration's plan to reduce China's access to U.S. intellectual property, the federal government is imposing tighter scrutiny over U.S. universities' research partnerships with Chinese entities. The move is...more
6/29/2018
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