The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has expanded on its May 2025 Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking public comment on measures to bolster the integrity of its equipment authorization program. The proposal outlines expanded restrictions on participation by entities affiliated with foreign adversaries and contemplates increased domestic testing requirements.
The European Commission launched its comprehensive Quantum Strategy on July 2, 2025, committing €50 million to build a "resilient, sovereign quantum ecosystem" across five priority areas including research, infrastructure, ecosystem strengthening, defense applications, and workforce development.
President Trump has issued an executive order prohibiting the 2020 acquisition of Jupiter Systems, LLC by Suirui International Co., Limited, a Hong Kong-based firm majority-owned by a Chinese entity. Jupiter Systems is a maker of collaborative visualization and display wall solutions.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Friday the partial termination of a shipbuilding contract with Eastern Shipbuilding Group for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program, citing performance delays and financial inefficiencies.
At a WITA-hosted panel Friday, former senior U.S. trade officials described an increasingly chaotic and opaque landscape for global trading partners navigating the Trump administration’s tariff policy. Former Assistant USTRs Wendy Cutler, Mark Linscott, Daniel Mullaney, and policy advisor Michael Smart outlined a central and unresolved problem: the uncertain role and treatment of Section 232 tariffs in current negotiations.
President Trump said Wednesday he will hit Brazil with a 50 percent “reciprocal” tariff, partly out of anger over the criminal prosecution of former Brazilian President Bolsonaro.
As part of its newly released National Farm Security Action Plan, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a series of measures to limit foreign ownership of American farmland, citing national security concerns.
The international humanitarian sector is entering a period of acute contraction as the Trump administration signals a retreat from longstanding U.S. support for global aid operations. While needs reach historic levels — with over 122 million people forcibly displaced — the world’s major relief agencies are warning of catastrophic funding shortfalls.
President Trump is once again deferring enforcement of a federal law requiring the popular social media app TikTok to divest itself from Chinese parent company ByteDance. For the third time, Mr. Trump has granted a 90-day extension for TikTok to propose a plan to separate its U.S. operations, despite the statute’s firm divestment deadline and the Supreme Court’s decision upholding its constitutionality earlier this year.
The White House pressed 14 trade partners to come to the table or face slightly adjusted versions of the "reciprocal tariff" rates announced back in April through a flurry of letters posted to President Donald Trump’s social media account Monday afternoon.
President Trump signed into law the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R. 1) on July 4, enacting sweeping reforms to energy tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and imposing stringent new restrictions on foreign ownership and influence over eligible projects.
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the United States has concluded a new bilateral trade agreement with Vietnam, establishing a two-tiered tariff system for Vietnamese exports and duty-free access for U.S. goods entering the Vietnamese market.
Sanctions published last week by OFAC effectively weaponize access to cloud platforms, identity systems, and communication tools, highlighting the vulnerability of global institutions reliant on U.S.-based digital infrastructure.
Fresh off Capitol Hill, Mayur Patel spent the last five years as chief international trade counsel for the Senate Finance Committee, most recently working closely with the White House on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The Export Practitioner called him for a quick chat on his first day in-office as Hogan Lovells' newest international trade partner.
President Trump announced that, overwhelmed by the scale and complexity of negotiating individual trade deals with over 170 countries, his administration will begin issuing unilateral tariff notices to U.S. trading partners starting July 4. The letters will specify new U.S. tariff rates on imports from each country, with rates taking effect on August 1.
The United States retained its position as the world’s largest services market and the top global exporter and importer of services in 2023, according to the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (USITC) Recent Trends in U.S. Services Trade: 2025 Annual Report. The report, released July 2, provides a detailed analysis of market conditions, trends, and the outlook for U.S. professional services.
The U.S. International Trade Commission today released its second biennial report on the economic impact and operation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement automotive rules of origin,
A new report released by the JPMorgan Chase Institute warns that U.S. tariffs, including those currently in effect and newly proposed increases, could impose massive costs on midsize American businesses—potentially exceeding $180 billion annually.
South Africa is reportedly pressing the United States for an extension of the July 9 deadline to conclude trade negotiations before elevated tariffs on key exports take effect, citing the emergence of a new U.S. trade framework under development for African partners.
A new European Parliament‑commissioned study finds that the political pillar of the proposed EU–Mercosur Partnership signifies a major strategic move by both regions to navigate a shifting global order.