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…
We’re reaching out today as we believe the publication of the 11th package of sanctions against Russia deserves your utmost attention! Particularly as it relates to the new anti-circumvention tool and the addition of entities registered outside of Russia on the list of natural or legal persons which are military end-users, form part of Russia’s military-industrial complex or which have commercial or other links with or which otherwise support Russia’s defence and security sector (i.e.…
This week in our Sanctions Enforcement Around the World series, we bring you the view from Belgium. Before Russia took the decision to recognise the non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine and to send troops into the region, a limited number of judicial proceedings related to violations of Union restrictive measures were reported. With the introduction of the first package of sanctions against Russia in February 2022, in view of…
Additional duties have been imposed by the UK government on a number of commodities originating in Russia and Belarus. The new duties will take effect on 25 March. Russian and Belarusian items that have already left the country before the new tariffs take effect on 25 March are exempt. Before 25 March, the products must have fulfilled Russian or Belarusian export requirements and exited those countries. The respective additional duties for Russia can be found…