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Withhold Release Order Issued on Shanghai Select Safety Products and Subsidiaries
17 months since it’s last issuance of a Withhold Release Order (WRO), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) revives its enforcement mechanism to target a Chinese importer and its affiliates operating in the safety products industry.
Effective Wednesday, April 10,…
A New European Commission Proposal on Foreign Direct Investment Screening: Towards Greater Harmonization?
As part of a recent package of initiatives aimed at strengthening the EU’s economic security, the European Commission has put forward a proposal to revise the EU Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Screening Regulation. This proposal reflects the Commission’s experience with…
BIS Updates Rules on Advanced Semiconductors
The Department of Commerce’s (“DOC”) Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has published an interim final rule, as well as a request for comments, regarding new export controls for advanced computer, supercomputer, semiconductor, and manufacturing items. This update to the…
BIS and DDTC Amendments Add Nicaragua to EAR Country Group D and ITAR § 126.1
On March 15, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to implement new restrictions on trade with…
Commerce, Treasury, DOJ Publish Tri-Seal Sanctions and Export Control Compliance Note
On March 6, 2024, the Department of Commerce, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Justice published a Tri-Seal Compliance Note titled “Obligations of foreign-based persons to comply with U.S. sanctions and export control laws” (the “Note”). The…
EU Acts to Ban Forced Labor Imports
The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament have reached a provisional deal on regulations banning forced labor in European Union supply chains. The legislative proposal supports the EU’s goals of prohibiting the use of forced labor in…
WTO Extends E-Commerce Moratorium to 2026
The conclusion of the World Trade Organization’s (“WTO”) 13th ministerial meeting (“MC13”) this past Friday, March 1st, saw the extension of the so-called e-commerce moratorium until the next ministerial conference in two years, at which point it will permanently expire…
PRC Firm Files to Contest WRO Against Silica Products in Court of International Trade
Last week, Hoshine Silicon Industry Co. (“Hoshine”) filed a complaint at the Court of International Trade contesting a withhold release order (“WRO”) issued against it by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”).
The withhold release order prohibits Hoshine and its…
White House Issues Executive Order to Limit the Transfer of Certain Sensitive U.S. Data to Countries of Concern
On Wednesday, February 28th, 2024, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern (the “EO”). The purpose of the EO is to restrict the…