The EU – U.S. Sanctions Dilemma: The Advocate General of the European Court...
In May 2018 the United States announced the reinstitution of sanctions against Iran that had previously been lifted pursuant to the Joint Comprehensive Plan Action (“JCPOA”).[1] The U.S. sanctions on...
View ArticlePresident Biden Issues a New…ish Ban on Certain Chinese Investments
Last week, on June 3, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order (“E.O.”) prohibiting U.S. investments in designated Chinese companies deemed to undermine “the security or democratic values of the...
View ArticleLooking Ahead on China: Engaging in Strategic Compliance through Geopolitical...
Key Takeaways: U.S. prohibits investments in 59 Chinese Military Industrial Companies (NS-CMIC) The prohibition forms part of a larger U.S.-China confrontation that has implications across finance,...
View ArticleBeyond TikTok and WeChat: How Biden’s New EO Could Impact Foreign-Owned Apps
On June 9, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order (“EO”) revoking Trump’s orders on TikTok and WeChat. In their stead, President Biden’s EO subjects software applications controlled or owned...
View ArticleCounterpunch: China Adopts Landmark Anti-Sanctions Statute to Stop U.S....
New law could penalize companies for complying with U.S. sanctions. Penalties include designation to China’s new “Unreliable Entity” list. Statements against the new laws could also be penalized,...
View ArticleAnti-Forced Labor Measures Turn Up the Heat on Chinese Solar Equipment Suppliers
U.S. Customs halts the import of silica-based products from made by Hoshine Silicon Industry Co. because the products are suspected of being produced using forced labor. For future imports of solar...
View ArticleNavigating the Travel Ban Jungle: National Interest Exception Checklist for...
The travel bans imposed by the U.S. Government during the COVID-19 national pandemic created enormous logistical challenges for anyone seeking to fly to the U.S. from a country on the travel ban list....
View ArticleClean Energy’s Messy Problem: The Solar Industry, the U.S. Government, and...
This is the first of three articles on the Solar Industry and Forced Labor. Here we focus on regulation. Articles in the coming weeks will focus on issues facing importers and their suppliers, and on...
View ArticleClean Energy’s Messy Problem II: The Solar Industry, I͟t͟s͟...
This is the second of three articles on the Solar Industry and Forced Labor. Here we focus on interactions with solar module suppliers. Our first article in the series focused on regulations in this...
View ArticleLegislatures Can Free App Developers from Platform Providers’ Mandates to Use...
Internet platform providers rely upon developers of applications to populate their application stores. Some platform providers mandate app developers to use the platform’s in-app purchasing system as...
View ArticleU.S., UK and EU Sanctions Over the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) and...
Updated as of February 25, 2022 Key Takeaways On February 21, 2022, the White House issued a new Executive Order (EO) that imposes comprehensive sanctions on the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) and...
View ArticleRussian Risk: Transactions with Russian Banks and Exports to Russia Create...
Updated as of March 3, 2022 Key Takeaways of EU and UK Recent Actions Against Russia and Ukraine Breakaway Regions The EU adopted sanctions restrictions targeting financial institutions, other...
View ArticleRussian Risk: Transactions with Russian Banks and Exports to Russia Create...
Updated as of March 9, 2022 Key Takeaways of OFAC (Treasury), BIS (Commerce), and State Actions Major Russian Banks Blocked from the U.S. Financial System. Six major Russian banks — VEB, Promsvyazbank...
View ArticleMaking Sense of the Solar Supply Chain Issues
As current supply chain issues continue to threaten the U.S. photovoltaic solar industry, solar module suppliers, manufacturers, renewable energy developers and utilities alike face great uncertainty...
View ArticleU.S. Visas for Ukrainians and Russians: Navigating the Maze
When the Russian army entered Ukraine on February 24, 2022, that set in motion panic for family and friends in the U.S. and the need to quickly explore visa options for their loved ones in the Ukraine,...
View ArticleCrypto and Russia Sanctions: A Primer and Survival Guide For Crypto Companies
The recent comprehensive economic sanctions by the U.S. and other nations against Russia has propelled the crypto community onto the geo-political stage in a major way. As with other forms of payment...
View ArticleU.S. and Allies Impose Additional Severe Costs on Russia for Atrocities in...
Updated as of April 12, 2022 It has now been more than 40 days since the start of Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. Today, following the recent revelations of the atrocities committed in Bucha,...
View ArticleAdditional Import and Export Restrictions in Response to Russia’s Aggression...
Last week, the United States government imposed additional restrictions on the imports from, and exports to, Russia. The import changes stem from the Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and...
View ArticleNovel Sanctions Against Business-Related Services Connected to Russia and...
On Sunday, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced novel and sweeping sanctions on specific categories of services in order to cripple Russia’s wartime...
View ArticleThe Trend of Production Moving from China to Mexico – Regulatory and...
In recent years, a wide array of trade actions pursued by the United States, foreign and domestic policies of the United States and China, reputational risks, and supply chain breakdowns are driving a...
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