Join us in Santa Clara, California on Thursday, November 13, for an exclusive in-person forum on Trade Policy in an Era of Geoeconomics, Tariff Wars& National Security Risks. This in-person event will precede our webinar series – the 46th Virtual Annual Year-End Review of Import/Export & Trade Compliance Developments Conference.This in-person forum offers a unique opportunity to engage directly with industry experts and peers, participate in focused discussions on global trade trends and gain valuable insights ahead of the virtual conference. PLEASE NOTE: This in-person session is a standalone experience and…
On 8 September 2025, the EU Commission adopted a Delegated Regulation updating Annex I of the Regulation (EU) 2021/821 (“EU Dual-Use Regulation”). Although the changes have not yet entered into force, they outline the likely amendments to the EU Dual-Use Regulation. Background Annex I of the EU Dual-Use Regulation lists dual-use items that require export authorization pursuant to Article 3 paragraph 1 EU Dual-Use Regulation. Annex I is periodically amended, usually at least once a year, based on decisions…
On August 26, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published a final rule removing the Syrian Sanctions Regulations (31 CFR Part 542) from the Code of Federal Regulations (“OFAC Final Rule”). This action follows the issuance of Executive Order (“EO”) 14312 on June 30, 2025, which terminated the national emergency declared in EO 13338 and revoked multiple Syria-related sanctions authorities. Our blog post on the issuance of EO…
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…