On October 21, 2025, the US Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (“ITA”) announced the implementation of the July 23, 2025 Executive Order (“EO”) Promoting the Export of the American AI Technology Stack (the “American AI Exports Program”). Following our earlier post addressing the White House’s AI Action Plan and the EO, this update focuses on the implementation of the EO and the ITA’s request for public feedback. As a reminder, the EO directs the Secretary…
On August 25, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued a draft Federal Register notice to effectuate the President’s Executive Order (“EO”) on “Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of the Russian Federation,” which imposed additional tariffs on imports of Indian origin due to India directly or indirectly importing Russian oil. Under these new tariffs, imports of most goods of Indian origin will be subject to an additional 25% duty, effective August 27, which will stack…
On June 30, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14312 (the “Syria EO”) terminating the U.S. comprehensive sanctions program targeting Syria, while also continuing to maintain and expand certain sanctions targeting former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and others associated with the former Syrian regime. In addition, the U.S. State Department revoked the designation of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s (“HTS”) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (“FTO”) on July 8, 2025. OFAC has taken the following actions to implement…