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Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: Evolution of Export Controls
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Episode 308 -- Gabrielle Griffith, Director BPE Global, on Trade Compliance
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The second Trump administration has come flying out of the starting blocks on international trade policy actions—imposing and rescinding, shaping and reshaping tariffs, sanctions, and export controls. The executive orders and...more
On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Reforming Foreign Defense Sales to Improve Speed and Accountability.” This EO aims to reform the foreign defense sales (FDS) system, which encompasses...more
Since returning to office, President Trump quickly issued two executive orders that mark a significant shift in the federal government’s approach to artificial intelligence regulation and oversight (“Trump AI EOs”). These...more
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On April 10, the Trump administration announced, through an executive order (EO), a new initiative to reform the defense sales system, with the goal of improving the speed and accountability of the system....more
Reform the foreign defense sales system by: (a) Improving accountability and transparency throughout the foreign defense sales system to ensure predictable and reliable delivery of American products to foreign partners in...more
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On March 25, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a significant expansion of its Entity List restrictions, adding 80 entities from China, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa,...more
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On Friday, February 21st, President Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) that is aimed at promoting foreign investment while protecting America’s national security interests, particularly from...more
This regular alert covers key policy and regulatory developments related to EU geopolitical risks, including in particular, economic security, Russia’s war against Ukraine, health threats, and cyber threats. It does not...more
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) joint review process is scheduled to begin on July 1, 2026, but the time to prepare is now. Embedded trade compliance professionals should already be doing scenario...more
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What Happened? Last week, President Trump signed an Executive Order that rescinded the Biden Administration’s October 2023 Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence....more
You are reading the December 2024 Update of the Bass, Berry & Sims Enforcement Roundup, where we bring notable enforcement actions, policy changes, interesting news articles, and a bit of our insight to your inbox. - An...more
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In response to a U.S. government consensus that trade with China involves grave national security risks, the Trump Administration promulgated a broad series of China-directed export controls, economic sanctions and import...more
This week the Trump Administration is set to finalize new rules which will ease the regulatory and licensing burden on manufacturers of commercial firearms, ammunition and associated products. ...more
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