Updated as of March 9, 2022
Key Takeaways of OFAC (Treasury), BIS (Commerce), and State Actions
- Major Russian Banks Blocked from the U.S. Financial System
Timely Updates and Analysis on Key International Trade Law Issues
Updated as of March 9, 2022
Key Takeaways of OFAC (Treasury), BIS (Commerce), and State Actions
Updated as of March 3, 2022
Key Takeaways of EU and UK Recent Actions Against Russia and Ukraine Breakaway Regions
Updated as of February 25, 2022
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Continue Reading Verify, Then Trust: Commerce Adds 33 Parties in China to Unverified List
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Continue Reading Arming for a Trade War: The EU Proposes an Unprecedented Anti-Coercion Regulation
A new framework for foreign direct investments in the United Kingdom
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Continue Reading CFIUK Comes to Life: The National Security and Investment Act 2021
→ The new National Security and Investment Bill expands the UK government’s powers to intercede in acquisitions of UK companies where it determines there is a potential national security threat.
→ The Bill creates a new government agency, the Investment Security Unit (ISU) to oversee foreign direct investment review, removing the power from the competition/antitrust regulator, the CMA.
→ Regulators will be able to “call in” transactions that were not notified but that the Secretary of State determines may pose a national security risk.
→ A mandatory notification will be introduced for certain sectors, including penalties for failure to notify, but the details of those requirements have not been completed.
Continue Reading CFIUK: The United Kingdom Introduces a New Mechanism for Foreign Direct Investment Screening
Over the past few weeks, we have been speculating on the international trends and tides we expect to see in the next four years under a new U.S. presidential administration. So that you can enjoy our prognostications (before our program gets greenlighted as a Netflix special) we provide here:
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Continue Reading The Next Four Years in International Business
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