In April 2025, the European Union (“EU”) set tariffs on a series of US imports but immediately suspended their application until 14 July 2025. This was due to the US almost simultaneously announcing that it would be softening its across-the-board tariffs. In the case of EU exports, this meant going from a 20% to a
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Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS) “Fast-Track” Pilot Program Being Developed
On May 8, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) announced that it “will establish a fast-track process” to facilitate the review by CFIUS of foreign investment into the US from “allies and partners sources . . . where there is verifiable distance and independence from foreign adversaries or threat actors.” The announcement noted…
In-Person Event: US Export Controls Workshops in the UK – September 15-17, 2025
This hugely successful and highly praised event on US export controls regulations, which is jointly organized by the Export Group for Aerospace, Defence & Dual-Use (EGADD) and Squire Patton Boggs, will be celebrating its 18th Anniversary when it takes place in September 2025.…
Recent DCSA Updates Regarding Expansion of FOCI Requirements to Unclassified Government Contracts
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) has provided new updates about the highly anticipated changes that will apply foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI) mitigation requirements to unclassified contracts.…
A Summary of China’s Retaliation Actions Since The Trump Administration
This summary helps to navigate the various retaliation actions China has taken in the past 50 days after President Trump took office on January 20, 2025, to counter the US trade restrictions, including (i) imposing additional tariff on certain US origin products, (ii) adding 12 US companies to the Unreliable Entity List, (iii) control of…
The EU Suspends Certain Sanctions on Syria to Support Economic Stabilisation, Political Transition and Reconstruction
To help the Syrian people achieve a peaceful and inclusive political transition, to aid the swift economic recovery and reconstruction of the country and to facilitate its eventual reincorporation into the global financial system, the EU has suspended with immediate effect a number of sanctions and restrictive measures that had targeted key sectors of the…
The EU’s Foremost Economic Retaliation Device – The Anti-Coercion Instrument
Under the leadership of President Trump, the US has adopted a new trade policy that may lead to the adoption of trade measures on imports from the EU. Given the importance of the US/EU trade relationship and the EU’s stated commitment to a free trade environment, the EU has said that it will adopt measures…
Final Rule Implementing ICTS Supply Chain Executive Order 13873 In Effect
On May 15, 2019, President Trump issued Executive Order 13873 – Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain (“EO” or “EO 13873”). After taking comments on a proposed implementing rule, the Department of Commerce (“DOC” or “Secretary”), on the very eve of the Biden Administration taking office, issued an Interim Final Rule…
Bipartisan Push to Strengthen American Supply Chains
Members of Congress have demonstrated an early bipartisan interest in continuing to promote US supply chain resilience, highlighting an avenue for bipartisanship in the foreign policy agenda of the new Trump Administration. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) has partnered with Democratic colleagues on the reintroduction of two pieces of legislation focused on supply chain resilience.
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UPDATE: US DOL Order Directing Departments to Cease Enforcement of Affirmative Action Requirements of EO 11246
US government contractors should be aware that following President Trump’s January 21 Executive Order “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” on January 24, acting U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Vincent Micone issued an agency Order instructing DOL employees to cease and desist “all investigative and enforcement activity” under Executive Order 11246 (Equal Employment…