Hot Topics in International Trade - The Daunting Task of Export Compliance With Braumiller Law Group
Episode 381 -- Cadence Design Pays $140 Million to Settle Trade Violations
Compliance into the Weeds: A Deep Dive into Cadence Design Systems’ Export Control Violations
Episode 378 -- Update on Export Controls and Sanctions Enforcement
Episode 376 -- DOJ's Unicat Settlement and the Future Look of Trade Enforcement Actions
Innovation in Compliance: Navigating Regulatory Changes and Compliance in Trade and Data Privacy with Stephanie Font
FCPA Compliance Report – Episode 732 – Understanding Anti-Boycott Compliance with Alexander Cotoia
Episode 289 -- Justice, Commerce and Treasury Issue Joint Notice on Voluntary Disclosure
Corruption, Crime & Compliance - Update on Export Controls and Sanctions: Interview with Alex Cotoia
Hot Topics in International Trade; Bob Brewer of Braumiller Law Group sits down with BLG Attorney Harold Jackson and discusses the BIS Export controls on semiconductors and high tech to China.
Hot Topics in International Trade - Braumiller Law Group VP of Marketing, Bob Brewer sits down with BLG Attorney Harold Jackson to discuss anti-dumping and countervailing duties regarding China. They also touch on China trade relations in general with the U.S.
Torres Talks Trade Podcast- Episode 13- When Government Agencies Come Knocking
Torres Talks Trade Podcast- Episode 12- ZTE & BIS Enforcement
Matt Silverman on Export Compliance
Our International Trade team comments on additional restrictions on trade with Cuba
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Interim Final Rule significantly expands the number of new and unlisted non-U.S. entities subject to U.S. export controls restrictions...more
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