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On April 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of State published an update to its List of Restricted Entities and Subentities Associated with Cuba (Cuba Restricted List) adding five additional entities to the list. On June 16, 2017, the President signed the National Security Presidential Memorandum-5 on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba (NSPM-5). Soon after, on November 9, 2017, pursuant to NSPM-5, both the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets…
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A Chinese company was recently forced to sell California-based Grindr, the world’s largest gay dating app, after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) determined that its ownership constituted a national security risk. To explain the issue to readers, Bloomberg Law featured an article by Partner Nevena Simidjiyska, co-chair of the International Trade Practice Group, on the significance of the determination and what it means for foreign ownership of U.S. social…
In recent weeks, the United Stated Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) expanded the scope of sanctions against current and former Venezuelan government officials who have supported controversial President Nicholas Maduro and his regime of corruption and human rights abuses. The first sanctions implemented against Venezuelan individuals and entities were authorized by President Barrack Obama in March 2015 (Executive Order 13692).  Following President Maduro’s re-election to a second six-year…
A complaint filed in the United States Court of International Trade (“CIT”) late last week highlights the practical challenges and frustration that come from delayed resolutions and parallel proceedings between federal courts and agencies, such as US Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”). In the Complaint, One World Technologies, Inc. (“One World”), a manufacturer of garage door openers sought injunctive relief and declaratory judgment against CBP for its continued detention of One World’s products contrary to…
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The government shutdown, which is now in its fourth week, is causing a backlog of cases that will need to be reviewed by the Committee on Foreign Investments (“CFIUS”) once the government reopens. CFIUS is an interagency committee chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury, which reviews certain transactions involving foreign investment in the Unites States in order to determine the effect of such transactions on national security. The shutdown will ultimately cause a delay…
The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), signed into law in August, authorizes the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to conduct pilot programs to implement provisions of the legislation that did not become effective immediately upon enactment. On October 10,, 2018, a FIRRMA pilot program was enacted that expands the scope of transactions subject to review by CFIUS to include certain noncontrolling investments made by foreign persons in…
This post is authored by Fox Rothschild associate Rocky Rogers: As a result of the new Section 232 and Section 301 tariffs on steel, aluminum, and goods imported from China, United States importers and customs brokers relying upon continuous bonds should review their bond amount to ensure it is sufficient to account for these new tariffs.  The continuous bond should be in the amount of 10% of estimated duties, taxes, and fees to be…
In a recent decision, the Court of International Trade (CIT) denied the government’s request for a stay of the preliminary injunction that the CIT had implemented in July, banning the importation of certain seafood from Mexico. In July, the CIT upheld its preliminary order and granted the preliminary injunction sought by conservation groups to protect the critically endangered vaquita porpoise – of which just 15 remain.  In imposing the preliminary injunction, the Court…
Australia will become the newest member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) plurilateral Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). On October 17, 2018, parties to the GPA unanimously approved a decision to welcome Australia as the 48th WTO member to be covered by the GPA. The GPA is a plurilateral agreement that strives to ensure open, fair and transparent conditions of competition in the government procurement markets. It aims to provide legal guarantees of non-discrimination for the…
On September 17, 2018, the Trump Administration finalized tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports and announced the final list (List 3) of tariff line items.   The additional tariffs became effective on List 3 products on September 24, 2018 in the amount of a 10 percent ad valorem duty.  The level of additional tariffs is set to increase to 25 percent on January 1, 2019.  The final list includes 5,745 tariff line items of…