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Trump Administration Takes Several Trade Actions Targeting Advanced AI Semiconductors While Deferring Broader Tariff Actions on...

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has taken several actions to implement its policy toward the export of advanced AI commodities to China. These include the Department of Commerce (Commerce) Bureau of Industry’s (BIS)...more

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BIS Relaxes Drone Export Controls to Bolster Defense Industrial Base

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In a January 20 interim final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) eased restrictions on the export, reexport, and transfer (in-country) of certain types of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to lower risk...more

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President Trump Orders Narrowly Targeted 25% Section 232 Tariff On Certain Advanced Semiconductor Articles

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On January 14, 2026, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation adopting actions under the Section 232 investigation of advanced semiconductors, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and derivative products....more

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President Trump Orders Critical Minerals Trade Negotiations In Section 232 Action

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On January 14, 2026, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation implementing Section 232 measures to address national security risks associated with imports of processed critical minerals and their derivative products...more

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BIS Relaxes Export License Review for H200 Chips to China and Macau – But Adds Compliance Burdens and Certification Risk

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On January 15, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule revising its license review policy for exports of Nvidia H200 chips and its equivalents to China and Macau....more

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From Chips to Minerals: New Section 232 Tariff Actions Target Semiconductors and Critical Minerals

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On January 14, President Trump issued two proclamations under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) addressing national security risks associated with imports of processed critical minerals and...more

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The Current Landscape of Section 232 Tariff Actions

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The second Trump administration has focused heavily on trade regulation, including initiating several investigations under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (“Section 232 investigations”). Section 232...more

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Export Controls & Sanctions: 2025 Year-End Review

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As 2025 comes to an end, one theme defines the global compliance landscape: volatility. Over the past twelve months, sanctions and export control regimes have shifted quickly as the second Trump administration reshaped...more

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Trump Tariff Tracker – December 1

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The U.S. government has announced that the tariff rate on imports from South Korea will drop to 15%, retroactive to November 1. Commerce Secretary Lutnick announced in a statement posted yesterday that the tariffs on a range...more

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U.S. government publishes Tri-Seal Advisory “Sanctions and Export Controls Relief for Syria” after U.S. Department of Commerce...

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On November 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce), the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), and the U.S. Department of State issued a Tri-Seal Advisory, “Sanctions and Export Controls Relief for Syria”...more

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United States and China Negotiate One-Year Trade Deal

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On November 1, 2025, the White House reached a framework deal with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) outlining resolutions to several areas of dispute in the ongoing U.S.-PRC trade conflict. The agreement marks the...more

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The BR International Trade Report: November 2025

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Welcome to this month’s issue of The BR International Trade Report, Blank Rome’s monthly digital newsletter highlighting international trade, cross-border investment, and geopolitical risk issues impacting businesses...more

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Trump-Xi meeting calmed U.S.-China trade tensions with initial agreements

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping's October 30 meeting in South Korea resulted in an agreement that has reduced trade tensions—and allows for further negotiations to continue. China agreed to defer...more

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United States and China Reach Trade Agreement: Takeaways for Export and Supply Chain Controls

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Following a bilateral meeting in Busan, South Korea, on October 30, 2025, between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping, the United States and China announced an agreement (the “Agreement”) intended to ease...more

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BIS Suspends Affiliates Rule for One Year as Part of the US-China Trade Deal

On November 10, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule, announcing a one-year suspension (the Suspension) of its interim final rule, “Expansion of End-User Controls to...more

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BIS Suspends “Affiliates Rule” for One Year Following U.S. Agreement with China

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The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule which will suspend BIS’s recently enacted Affiliates Rule effective as of November 10, 2025 and continuing through November 9, 2026....more

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Growing Trade Compliance Hurdles: BIS Adopts the 50% Rule for Entity List and MEU List Entities (UPDATED)

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UPDATE - On November 10, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued its final rule staying the new Affiliates Rule, which will make any unlisted foreign entity owned, directly or...more

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US trade deal with China update: The BIS suspended the 50-percent ownership rule and the Government reduced tariffs on China

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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

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Trump Decreases Tariffs on Chinese Goods, Increases Tariffs on Canadian Goods, and Announces a Flurry of Trade Arrangements

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In recent days, President Trump announced that he will trim import tariffs on Chinese-origin goods by 10%; that he intends to increase tariffs on Canadian-origin goods by 10%; and that he has reached a series of trade...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Section 232 in the Spotlight: The Current State of National Security Tariffs

With the fate of many of President Trump's signature tariffs targeting foreign countries under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) in some doubt, his administration has relied more heavily on...more

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UPDATE: BIS Affiliates Rule Suspended for One Year Following U.S.-China

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On October 30, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) will delay the implementation of the recently announced BIS Affiliates Rule for one...more

Stankie Law

Quarterly Trade Compliance Update – November 2025

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Each quarter, I send my clients a trade compliance update, highlighting important developments over the last few months and summarizing key points for important sanctions programs. In addition to a variety of ad hoc...more

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OFAC Designates Rosneft and Lukoil in Significant Expansion of Sanctions Targeting Russia’s Energy Sector

On October 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced significant new sanctions for Russia’s energy sector, designating Rosneft Oil Company (Rosneft) and Lukoil OAO...more

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Trump Administration Expands Export Controls Restrictions to Non-U.S. Entities Owned by Restricted Parties

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The Interim Final Rule significantly expands the number of new and unlisted non-U.S. entities subject to U.S. export controls restrictions...more

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U.S. Commerce Department significantly expands the Entity List under new Affiliates Rule

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Pursuant to the new “Affiliates Rule,” the Entity List license requirements now apply to any foreign entity that is owned, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, 50 percent or more by one or more listed...more

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