Recently, President Donald Trump issued three Executive Orders (EOs) to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) pursuant to his authorities under the Constitution and the laws of the United...more
3/10/2025
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Trump Administration
On February 21, 2025, President Trump issued a new memorandum addressing both foreign investment into the United States and outbound investment by US persons. Without imposing immediate legal or regulatory changes, the...more
3/5/2025
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CFIUS ,
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Trump Administration
At A Glance -
The second Trump Administration’s "America First Trade Policy" orders a comprehensive review of US trade and economic policies, focusing on trade deficits, unfair trade practices, and the impact of existing...more
1/28/2025
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China ,
Export Controls ,
Mexico ,
National Security ,
Section 232 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Policy ,
Trade Relations ,
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Unfair Competition ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
On January 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a final rule (the “Final Rule”) addressing national security concerns regarding information and communications technology...more
1/22/2025
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China ,
Final Rules ,
Hardware ,
Imports ,
National Security ,
Russia ,
Software ,
Supply Chain ,
U.S. Commerce Department
As global economic and geopolitical environments enter a new era, companies need to continuously develop and adjust their coherent global business strategies to secure and further expand business opportunities in all markets...more
1/2/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Business Opportunities ,
Business Strategies ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Compliance ,
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Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Entity List ,
Exports ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Transactions ,
Forced Labor ,
Foreign Investment ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
Investment ,
Joint Venture ,
National Security ,
NPRM ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Semiconductors ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Relations ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
On November 14, 2024, the Chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (“CCP”), John Moolenaar (R-MI), introduced H.R. 10127, the Restoring Trade Fairness Act (the “Legislation"), which would suspend US...more
On August 27, 2024, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published a notice to the Federal Register “invit[ing] written comments from the public concerning the issues raised” by China in its dispute before the...more
On May 14, 2024, the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) released the results of its statutorily required review of the tariff actions in USTR’s Section 301 investigation of China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices...more
On March 1, 2024, Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (“CCP”) (the “Select Committee”), Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8), issued a statement...more
4/30/2024
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De Minimus Quantity Exemption ,
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Goods or Services ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
Retail Market ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Restrictions ,
US Trade Policies
On April 9, 2024, nine House Democrats wrote US Trade Representative Katherine Tai, urging “additional action of the imminent danger posed by the expansion of Chinese automotive exports.” The nine House Democrats include five...more
4/29/2024
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Biden Administration ,
China ,
Competition ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Exports ,
Foreign Policy ,
Imports ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Transportation Industry
On March 1, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking1 (the “Notice”) seeking public comments on potential regulation of the...more
3/19/2024
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China ,
Comment Period ,
Connected Cars ,
Data Collection ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Adversaries ,
Information Technology ,
Motor Vehicles ,
National Security ,
OEM ,
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Public Comment ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On February 29, 2024, Republican Study Committee (“RSC”) Chairman, Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01), and RSC National Security Task Force Chairman, Joe Wilson (SC-02), introduced H.R. 7476, the Countering Communist China Act...more
In a January 4th letter to the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Ambassador Katherine Thai of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) responded to the Committee’s concerns regarding the practices...more
On February 1, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit granted an injunction, limited to two individual plaintiff/appellants, of a Florida law (Senate Bill 264, or SB 264) in effect since July 1, 2023, which...more
2/13/2024
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China ,
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Florida ,
Foreign Acquisitions ,
Foreign Investment ,
Motion To Enjoin ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Property Ownership ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Residential Real Estate Contracts
On December 12, 2023, the US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (“Select Committee”) released a report titled “Reset, Prevent, Build: A Strategy to Win America’s Economic Competition with the Chinese...more
12/22/2023
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China ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Exports ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Policy ,
Human Rights ,
Imports ,
Investment ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies
A new executive order (the “EO”) signed by President Biden on June 3, 2021, amends existing prohibitions on US investments in companies that the US government has determined support the military of the People’s Republic of...more
6/10/2021
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Biden Administration ,
China ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Policy ,
Human Rights ,
Investment ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Securities Transactions