On July 26, 2023, the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force ("FLETF"), chaired by the Department of Homeland Security, published an updated strategy for the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act ("UFLPA").

Last week the U.S. Census Bureau published its annual statistics on U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services.

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), in coordination with the United Kingdom, issued two new prohibitions Friday, April 12, 2024...

Amidst the Government of Canada's energetic pace in sanctioning individuals and entities across several geopolitical hotspots, a former Prime Minister of Hati ...

In late October, the European Commission ("Commission") shared a Proposal simplifying certain reporting obligations and reducing some unnecessary administrative burden of the European...

The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control has launched "Operation Economic Outcast," a comprehensive expansion of sanctions targeting Iran's economic infrastructure across aviation, cryptocurrency, gold, shipping, and technology sectors. This initiative includes nearly 60 new designations, suspended general licenses, and enhanced guidance on Strait of Hormuz transit...

On Friday, June 23, 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") released their final rule requiring continuing education for licensed individual customs brokers.

Following the United States Trade Representative's (USTR) Section 301 Four-Year Review Report, today USTR released a pre-publication Federal Register notice...

Late this afternoon, the U.S. Department of Commerce released notice that it has initiated a new investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232)...

The increasing convergence of climate and trade policy gained new momentum this week with legislation to "level the playing field" by imposing fees on imports from China, Russia...

Late last week, the Government of Canada released Guidance to assist companies in complying with the new Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act...

Among the many other presidential actions taken on the first day of his Administration, U.S. President Trump declared a National Energy...

In just six months, the number of entities on the U.S. Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act ("UFLPA") Entity List has increased by over 50 percent.

This Saturday President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to initiate an investigation under Section 232...

Following President Trump's announcements last week of 25% Section 232 tariffs on U.S. imports of aluminum and steel products, this week saw the publication of Proclamations 10895 and 10896...

The United States has taken steps to implement the "reciprocal" tariff regime concessions described in the recent framework for a future agreement between the United States, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.

Today, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released the final version of its modifications to tariffs imposed on products of the People's Republic of China (PRC)...

Today the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule imposing additional sanctions and clarifying existing controls...

On August 6, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (E.O.) imposing a 25 percent ad valorem tariff on all imports from India in response to India's continued imports of oil from the Russian Federation.

The U.S. Department of State has rescinded Syria's designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism and removed Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham from its terrorist organization lists, marking a significant shift in America's approach to Syrian sanctions. These actions follow Executive Order 14312 and the repeal of the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act...