On October 30, 2025, US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent announced that the United States will pause enforcement of the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security’s (“BIS”) “Affiliates Rule” for one year. The rule was set to impose certain end user licensing requirements and restrictions under the Export Administration Regulations to unlisted foreign affiliates owned 50% or more by one or more entities on any of the Entity List, Military End-User List,…
Baker McKenzie and The Association of Women in International Trade (WIIT)- Preparing for a Sanctions Investigation Date: Wednesday, October 15 Time: 5:00 – 7:30 PM EDT Location: In-person at the Baker McKenzie DC Office (815 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC 20006) Registration: Click Here Guest Panelists and Moderator:
Please join Baker McKenzie and the Customs and International Trade Bar Association’s (CITBA) National Security and Sanctions Committee for a hybrid roundtable discussion on Tuesday, September 16, from 5:30 – 7:30 PM EDT. The discussion will focus on the current landscape of the Treasury’s inbound and outbound investment rules, including CFIUS updates and the evolving outbound screening framework, with featured panelists Rod Hunter, Partner at Baker McKenzie and Nova Daly, Senior Public Policy Advisor at…
On August 21, 2025, the European Union and United States unveiled their Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade (“Framework”). The Framework follows, and provides further detail to, the July announcement that the European Union and United States had agreed on broad terms of a trade deal. The Framework outlines the key terms of the trade deal that will be negotiated between the parties, and is a first step in a process…