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Chasing The Far: DOD’s Buy American Act Final Rule

Recently, the Department of Defense (DOD) issued a final rule that immediately implements President Trump’s Executive Order (E.O.) 13881 to maximize the government’s procurement of American-made goods, products, and materials...more

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DOD Proposes to Amend DFARS to Implement Trump-Era Buy American Act Executive Order

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The Department of Defense (DOD) issued a proposed rule on August 30, 2021, that would amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to align the Buy American Act (BAA) domestic content requirements in...more

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Biden Administration Revises and Expands Restrictions on U.S. Person Investment in Chinese Companies and Releases New List of...

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The Biden Administration last week substantially modified restrictions on U.S. person investments in certain Chinese companies, focusing those new restrictions particularly on entities with ties to the Chinese defense or...more

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U.S. Removes Xiaomi from List of Banned Chinese Companies

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The U.S. government officially removed Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp. from its blacklist, ending the Trump-era ban prohibiting Americans from investing in the company. In their joint filing in the U.S. District Court...more

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DoD Requests Comments On Supply Chain Risks For Strategic And Critical Materials

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The Department of Defense (“DoD”) requested industry comments by April 28, 2021 to assist with the DoD’s forthcoming report identifying risks and policy recommendations regarding the supply chain for strategic and critical...more

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U.S. Court Blocks Trump-Era Trading Ban on Xiaomi Stock - 美国法院阻止特朗普对美国人投资小米的禁令

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The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently ruled that certain securities trading restrictions will be prevented from going into effect with respect to Xiaomi Corporation (“Xiaomi”) under Section 1237 of the...more

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Court Calls into Question Securities Trading Restrictions on Entities Designated as Communist Chinese Military Companies

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The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia last week ruled that certain securities trading restrictions will be prevented from going into effect with respect to Xiaomi Corporation (“Xiaomi”) under Section 1237 of...more

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Xiaomi wins preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of Trump-era securities trading ban

Xiaomi Corporation (Xiaomi), one of the world’s largest smartphone manufacturers, won a preliminary injunction from the DC District Court on March 12, 2021 that enjoined the US government from enforcing a Trump-era rule that...more

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U.S. Court Blocks Trump-Era Designation Of Xiaomi As A Chinese Military Company And Permits Continued Trading In Its Securities

On March 12, 2021, a U.S. district court granted a temporary injunction requested by the Hong Kong-listed, Chinese electronics giant, Xiaomi Corporation (“Xiaomi”). The injunction blocks the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”)...more

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Recent Developments on U.S. Ban on American Investment in Chinese Military Companies

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This alert addresses recent developments relating to former President Trump's executive orders on Chinese Military Companies that affect both investors in covered securities and exporters. OFAC's Frequent Asked Questions -...more

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Chinese Military Companies Trading Ban: Overview of OFAC’s Ongoing Guidance

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On November 12, 2020, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order prohibiting U.S. persons from trading securities and related derivatives in “Communist Chinese Military Companies” (CCMCs), effective 60 days later on...more

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Federal Support for Defense Uses of Advanced Nuclear

Summary of the EO - On January 12, 2021, former President Trump issued an EO on Promoting Small Modular Reactors for National Defense and Space Exploration. The EO directs the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, January 2021 # 8

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In Washington: The House voted 232-197 to impeach President Trump for a second time on a charge of inciting insurrection over the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol that left five people, including a Capitol Police officer,...more

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New Executive Order Restricts U.S. Persons from Trading in Publicly Traded Securities and Derivatives of Certain “Communist...

Key Points - On November 12, 2020, President Trump issued a new EO prohibiting U.S. persons from engaging in transactions in publicly traded securities of certain CCMCs, or any securities that are derivative of, or are...more

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OFAC Issues Guidance Indicating Aggressive Interpretation of China Military Company Sanctions

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On December 28, 2020, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) released guidance on the implementation of sanctions targeting securities of Communist Chinese military companies (“CCMCs”) imposed...more

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Updates on U.S. sanctions affecting parties in Hong Kong and China - December 2020

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Following our recent Client Alert published in October 2020 on the release of the Section 5(a) Report under the Hong Kong Autonomy Act of 2020 (“HKAA”), there have now been some further updates in relation to U.S. sanctions...more

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Administration Releases New Executive Order Directing Federal Agencies on Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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On December 3, the President signed a new Executive Order (EO) on “Promoting the Use of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in the Federal Government.” This EO follows up on the 2019 Executive Order on Maintaining American...more

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DoD Provides Interim Contract And Notice Provisions For EO 13950

Defense contractors and subcontractors, take note. Executive Order 13950 on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping went into effect on November 21, but the Federal Acquisition Regulations have not yet been updated to include...more

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New Executive Order Bars Certain U.S. Investments in Chinese "Military Companies"

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On November 12, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled "Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies," which will prohibit U.S. persons from participating...more

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Trump Administration Bars U.S. Investments in Certain Chinese Companies Linked to Chinese Military

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On November 12, 2020, President Trump issued Executive Order 139591 (“the Order”) that will shortly bar any U.S. person from “any transaction in publicly traded securities, or any securities that are derivative of, or are...more

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US Imposes New Restrictions on Chinese Military Companies

On November 12, 2020, President Trump signed Executive Order 13959 prohibiting U.S. persons from engaging in any transaction in publicly traded securities in “Communist Chinese military companies” (CCMCs), effective January...more

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President Trump Bans American Investment in Chinese Military Companies

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On November 12, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order (the "Order") prohibiting United States persons from investing in publicly traded securities of any person designated by the Secretary of Defense or the...more

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Trump Administration Bars Investments by US Persons in Communist Chinese Military Companies

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In his last days, President Trump takes a swipe against companies identified by the Department of Defense (DoD) as Communist Chinese military companies by prohibiting US persons from investments. On November 12, 2020,...more

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Trump Administration Gives Teeth To Pentagon List And Restricts U.S. Investment In Publicly Traded Securities Of Chinese Military...

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Over the past summer, prompted by a bipartisan Congressional letter identifying a two‑decade‑old statute as an unused tool in confronting China’s strategy of “Military-Civilian Fusion,” the U.S. Department of Defense (“DOD”)...more

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Executive Order Prohibits U.S. Persons From Investing In “Communist Chinese Military Companies”

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President Trump issued an Executive Order (“E.O.”) on November 12, 2020 titled “Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies.” The E.O., which will be published in the...more

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