US Congressman Ronny Jackson has introduced the US-South Africa Bilateral Relations Review Act of 2025 (Act). This Act highlights actions allegedly taken by the South African government that have strained relations between the two nations, and would require the President, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Treasury, to submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on senior South African government officials that meet the criteria for the imposition of…
On March 24, 2025, the White House issued Executive Order 14245 (“EO 14245”) to implement potential tariffs for countries importing Venezuelan oil as well as a Fact Sheet that summarizes EO 14245 at a high level. On the same date, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued General License (“GL”) No. 41B extending the wind down period of certain transactions related to Chevron Corporation joint ventures (“JVs”) in Venezuela. EO 14245 This…
On February 20, 2025, the US Department of State designated several international cartels and transnational criminal organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (“FTOs”) pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (“SDGTs”) pursuant to Executive Order (“EO”) 13224. These parties have been designated for “threaten[ing] the safety of the American people, the security of the United States, and the stability of the international order in the Western Hemisphere,ā…
On February 6, 2025, the US State Department reversed the Biden Administration’s revocation of President Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum 5 of June 16, 2017 and recreated the Cuba Restricted List (“CRL” or “List”), which identifies entities and subentities that are controlled by, or acting on behalf of, the Cuban military, intelligence, or security services or personnel. The US State Department also added a Cuban remittance provider to the CRL, effective March 10, 2025. For…