For more insights and analysis from Cleary lawyers on policy and regulatory developments from a legal perspective, visit What to Expect From a Second Trump Administration.
On February 1, President Trump issued executive orders announcing sweeping tariffs on products of Canadian, Mexican, and Chinese origin. As discussed in our previous publication, effective February…
On February 1, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a 25% additional tariff on imports of Canadian- and Mexican-origin goods (now in force after a 30-day suspension) and a 10% additional tariff on imports of Chinese-origin goods (increased to 20% on March 3). On February 9, President Trump announced a 25% tariff on steel and…
For more insights and analysis from Cleary lawyers on policy and regulatory developments from a legal perspective, visit What to Expect From a Second Trump Administration.
On February 21, 2025, President Trump issued a memorandum to various U.S. government agencies setting forth an “America First Investment Policy” (the “Memorandum”). While the Memorandum is a…
On January 9, 2025, the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (“MOFCOM”) released its decision in a trade and investment barrier investigation into the European Union’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (“FSR”).…
Cleary Gottlieb partners Chase Kaniecki and Samuel Chang and associates B.J. Altvater and Alexi Stocker co-authored the United States chapter in Lexology Panoramic: Foreign Investment Review 2025.…
On December 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice, National Security Division (“DOJ”) issued a final rule implementing a new regulatory program designed to prevent certain countries (China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela) and covered persons from having access to Americans’ bulk sensitive personal data and U.S. government-related data (“Final Rule”).…
For more insights and analysis from Cleary lawyers on policy and regulatory developments from a legal perspective, visit What to Expect From a Second Trump Administration.
On February 10, President Trump issued proclamations (the “Proclamations”) imposing and expanding 25% tariffs on imported steel and aluminum products under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act…
On February 1, President Trump issued executive orders imposing sweeping tariffs on products of Canadian, Mexican, and Chinese origin pursuant to his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701, et seq. (IEEPA), after expanding previously-declared national emergencies to respond to the “extraordinary threat posed by illegal aliens and drugs, including deadly…
For more insights and analysis from Cleary lawyers on policy and regulatory developments from a legal perspective, visit What to Expect From a Second Trump Administration.
With President Trump taking office last week, U.S. and non-U.S. companies are bracing for a new wave of potential tariffs, which the President has repeatedly promised to impose…
On January 15, 2025, the European Commission (the “EC”) published a recommendation (the “Recommendation”)[1] addressed to all EU Member States urging them to review “outbound investments” in certain critical technologies sectors, notably semiconductors, artificial intelligence (“AI”), and quantum technologies.…
