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Wiley International Trade partner Derick Holt sits down with Michelle Trong Perrin-Steinberg, SAP's Chief Export Controls/Sanctions Legal Counsel for North and South America...

OFAC specified that General License ("GL") No. 5I does not authorize any transactions otherwise prohibited by the Venezuela Sanctions Regulations.

OFAC amended several general licenses to clarify that transactions and dealings concerning the exportation of diluents to Venezuela are not permitted.

Pursuant to Executive Order 13850, the U.S. Treasury Department ("Treasury") Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") designated a Venezuela state gold mining company and its president

OFAC issued a final rule removing the Burundi Sanctions Regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations. The rule will take effect upon its publication in the Federal Register on February 11, 2022.

OFAC issued a general license and amended a Frequently Asked Question ("FAQ") concerning transactions with the Government of Venezuela.

As readers of Enforcement Edge are aware, on April 24, 2024, President Biden signed into law the 21st Century Peace through Strength Act, which extends the statute of limitations for the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act from five years to 10 years.

In early September, Coursera, a provider of open online educational courses, received an OFAC license to reinstate its services in Cuba and Sudan.

The U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") sanctioned over two dozen individuals and entities for allegedly transferring ...

On December 9, 2021, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions on two individuals for corruption involving procurement during the pandemic.

OFAC sanctioned Lieutenant General Moe Myint Tun and General Maung Maung Kyaw, two Burmese military officers and members of Burma's State Administration Council

These blocking requirements and prohibitions also apply to any entities owned 50 percent or more by any designated individuals or entities.

OFAC published a final rule in the Federal Register, amending and reissuing in their entirety the Burmese Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 537.

On March 8, 2022, President Joseph Biden signed an Executive Order banning the import into the United States of Russian oil, liquefied natural gas, and coal. The Executive Order bans...

On February 18, 2016, President Obama signed into law the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (the "Act"), which strengthens and expands existing U.S. sanctions against the authoritarian regime.

On March 1, 2018, President Trump announced his intention to impose tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports.

Steptoe partner Wendy Wysong and Bliss Khaw, principal at Control Risks, co-authored a chapter in the Navigating the Global Sanctions Landscape in 2024 report published by Control Risks.