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.
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.
Compliance professionals would do well to take their summer holidays early this year, before the Bureau of Industry and Security drops its anticipated “50% Rule,” a move set to multiply the roughly 3,000 entities currently subject to export licensing requirements with the stroke of a pen.
The US - China trade understanding, reached in Geneva in May and "finalized" June 24 appears to have defused the tit-for-tat escalation of restrictions on rare earths exports from China and countermeasures from Washington restricting exports of US technology and commodities.
Auxin Solar pressed a U.S. Court of International Trade judge to impose duties topping 250% on products that entered the U.S. during a Biden-era tariff reprieve, telling the court during oral arguments Thursday that more than a year later the threat posed by the imports remained “existential.”
The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued new sanctions last week targeting five “sham” charities and associated individuals across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East for alleged support to Palestinian terrorist organizations, a move one former official said should remind donors to stay vigilant.
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed a $215,988,868 civil penalty on GVA Capital Ltd., a San Francisco-based venture capital firm, for egregious violations of U.S. sanctions targeting Russia and Ukraine, and for failing to comply with a federal subpoena.
Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Jeffrey Kessler faced pointed questions over the Bureau of …
The White House is pressing Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to significantly revise the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025 , which currently commands broad bipartisan support in the Senate. Congressional aides warned that such changes would “render Graham’s bill toothless.”
The White House is pressing Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to significantly revise the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025 , which currently commands broad bipartisan support in the Senate. With 82 …
On June 4, 2025, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, addressing the Department of Commerce’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget request. “We are absolutely seeking reciprocity with respect to things that can be reciprocal,” the Secretary said.
Federal counterterrorism and financial intelligence enforcement activities face markedly lower funding in the "Big Beautiful Bill" budget under consideration in the Senate. While Commerce is asking for an increase in BIS funding, other areas, including export promotion, are being gutted.
The proposed reorganization of the State Department will result in the elimination of more than one in five members of the Arms Control and International Security division, (T Family), according to preliminary reports. The division will now include the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, as Foggy Bottom eliminates the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that President Trump exceeded his statutory authority in imposing sweeping tariffs on global imports under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Tariffs imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 remain valid. In a Thursday ruling, a Federal appeals court granted a stay "until further notice." Tariffs can be collected during the stay.
Tuesday, the Department of Commerce (DOC) initiated a rescission of the Biden Administration’s AI Diffusion Rule, while announcing additional steps to strengthen export controls on semiconductors worldwide. Below find links to the Commerce Guidance issued with the changes.
In remarks at SIFMA’s Annual Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Conference, Matthew Galeotti, Head of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, announced sweeping reforms to the Division’s white-collar enforcement framework. The new strategy emphasizes prosecutorial focus, regulatory efficiency, and enhanced incentives for corporate cooperation.
Friday's surprise announcement that the Commerce Department has opened a Section 232 investigation on the import of commercial aircraft, jet engines and parts further confirms the embrace of the mechanism by the Trump administration. Since January 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce has initiated seven Section 232 investigations under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, focusing on imports deemed critical to national security.
President Trump’s recent executive order to expedite deep-sea mining has ignited widespread criticism from environmental groups, scientists, and international bodies. The directive aims to accelerate the permitting process for seabed mineral extraction in both U.S. and international waters, citing national security and economic interests in securing critical minerals like nickel, cobalt, and manganese.
April has seen enforcement actions on Chinese work gloves, South Korean Sea Salt, and most recently a petition based on evidence of modern slavery in the Brazilian coffee industry.
The US Trade Representative's office announced a schedule for the imposition of fees on Chinese-built vessels calling on US ports. Markedly less punitive than initially proposed, Thursday's announced Section 301 measures will be implemented in two phases an escalating per-ton charge on foreign ships and, three years out, a scheme to penalize non-US LNG carriers,